FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY| 89 questions| with complete solutions

WHAT TWO NATURAL SHUNTS CAUSE BLOOD FLOW IN THE FETAL HEART TO BE DIFFERENT? correct answer: FORAMEN OVALE AND DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS CONNECTION THAT SHUNTS BLOOD FROM PULMONARY ARTERY TO THE AORTA correct answer: DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS THE DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS BYPASSES WHAT? correct answer: THE LUNGS OPENING BETWEEN LT AND RT ATRIA THAT correct answer: FORAMEN OVALE WHICH SIDE OF THE HEART IS LARGER IN A FETUS (IN UTERO ONLY)? correct answer: RIGHT THE FORAMEN OVALE SHUNTS BLOOD FROM THE ________ ATRIUM TO THE _________ ATRIUM correct answer: RIGHT TO LEFT WHICH SIDE OF THE HEART IS LARGER POSTNATAL? correct answer: LEFT WHAT CHAMBER IS CLOSEST TO THE SPINE IN NORMAL SITUS? correct answer: LEFT ATRIUM THE APEX SHOULD POINT TOWARDS THE ________ SIDE OF THE BODY AT ________ DEGREES. correct answer: LEFT; 45 DEGREES WHEN DOES THE HEART START BEATING IN EMBRYONIC AGE AND IN GESTATIONAL AGE? correct answer: 21 DAYS EMBRYONIC OR 35 DAYS GESTATIONAL AGE WHAT IS THE MOST CRITICAL TIME FOR FETAL HEART DEVELOPMENT? correct answer: 3 ½ TO 6 ½ WEEKS WHAT MAIN STRUCTURES ARE PRESENT IN A 7 WEEK FETAL HEART? correct answer: DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS AORTICOPULMONARY SEPTUM MEMBRANOUS PART OF IVS MUSCULAR PART OF IVS IN FETAL CIRCULATION WHERE DOES BLOOD COME FROM THAT FLOWS INTO THE UMBILICAL VEIN? correct answer: THE PLACENTA BLOOD FLOW FROM THE PLACENTA SHOULD BE OXYGEN (RICH/POOR) AND NUTRIENT (RICH/POOR). correct answer: OXYGEN RICH AND NUTRIENT RICH FETAL BLOOD THAT TRAVELS FROM THE UMBILICAL VEIN, _____ % GOES TO THE ____________________ AND THE OTHER _____% TRAVELS TO THE __________________________? correct answer: FETAL BLOOD THAT TRAVELS FROM THE UMBILICAL VEIN, 50% GOES TO THE LEFT PORTAL SINUS AND THE OTHER 50% TRAVELS TO THE DUCTUS VENOSUS