FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
2024/2025 Exam Questions and Answers
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WHAT TWO NATURAL SHUNTS CAUSE BLOOD FLOW IN THE FETAL
HEART TO BE DIFFERENT? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔FORAMEN OVALE AND
DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
CONNECTION THAT SHUNTS BLOOD FROM PULMONARY ARTERY
TO THE AORTA - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
THE DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS BYPASSES WHAT? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔THE
LUNGS
OPENING BETWEEN LT AND RT ATRIA THAT - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔FORAMEN OVALE
WHICH SIDE OF THE HEART IS LARGER IN A FETUS (IN UTERO
ONLY)? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RIGHT
THE FORAMEN OVALE SHUNTS BLOOD FROM THE ________ ATRIUM
TO THE _________ ATRIUM - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RIGHT TO LEFT
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,WHICH SIDE OF THE HEART IS LARGER POSTNATAL? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔LEFT
WHAT CHAMBER IS CLOSEST TO THE SPINE IN NORMAL SITUS? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔LEFT ATRIUM
THE APEX SHOULD POINT TOWARDS THE ________ SIDE OF THE
BODY AT ________ DEGREES. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔LEFT; 45 DEGREES
WHEN DOES THE HEART START BEATING IN EMBRYONIC AGE AND
IN GESTATIONAL AGE? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔21 DAYS EMBRYONIC OR 35
DAYS GESTATIONAL AGE
WHAT IS THE MOST CRITICAL TIME FOR FETAL HEART
DEVELOPMENT? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3 ½ TO 6 ½ WEEKS
WHAT MAIN STRUCTURES ARE PRESENT IN A 7 WEEK FETAL
HEART? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
AORTICOPULMONARY SEPTUM
MEMBRANOUS PART OF IVS
MUSCULAR PART OF IVS
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, IN FETAL CIRCULATION WHERE DOES BLOOD COME FROM THAT
FLOWS INTO THE UMBILICAL VEIN? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔THE PLACENTA
BLOOD FLOW FROM THE PLACENTA SHOULD BE OXYGEN
(RICH/POOR) AND NUTRIENT (RICH/POOR). - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔OXYGEN
RICH AND NUTRIENT RICH
FETAL BLOOD THAT TRAVELS FROM THE UMBILICAL VEIN, _____ %
GOES TO THE ____________________ AND THE OTHER _____%
TRAVELS TO THE __________________________? - 🧠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
IF BLOOD GOES TO THE LEFT PORTAL SINUS, HOW DOES DOES IT
GET TO THE IVC? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BLOOD TRAVELS FROM LEFT
PORTAL SINUS, FILTERS THROUGH THE LIVER AND DUMPS INTO
THE HEPATIC VEINS INTO THE IVC
THE DUCTUS VENOSUS BYPASSES THE __________ AND TRAVELS
TO THE ________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔THE DUCTUS VENOSUS
BYPASSES THE LIVER AND TRAVELS TO THE IVC
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2024/2025 Exam Questions and Answers
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WHAT TWO NATURAL SHUNTS CAUSE BLOOD FLOW IN THE FETAL
HEART TO BE DIFFERENT? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔FORAMEN OVALE AND
DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
CONNECTION THAT SHUNTS BLOOD FROM PULMONARY ARTERY
TO THE AORTA - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
THE DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS BYPASSES WHAT? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔THE
LUNGS
OPENING BETWEEN LT AND RT ATRIA THAT - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔FORAMEN OVALE
WHICH SIDE OF THE HEART IS LARGER IN A FETUS (IN UTERO
ONLY)? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RIGHT
THE FORAMEN OVALE SHUNTS BLOOD FROM THE ________ ATRIUM
TO THE _________ ATRIUM - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔RIGHT TO LEFT
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,WHICH SIDE OF THE HEART IS LARGER POSTNATAL? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔LEFT
WHAT CHAMBER IS CLOSEST TO THE SPINE IN NORMAL SITUS? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔LEFT ATRIUM
THE APEX SHOULD POINT TOWARDS THE ________ SIDE OF THE
BODY AT ________ DEGREES. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔LEFT; 45 DEGREES
WHEN DOES THE HEART START BEATING IN EMBRYONIC AGE AND
IN GESTATIONAL AGE? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔21 DAYS EMBRYONIC OR 35
DAYS GESTATIONAL AGE
WHAT IS THE MOST CRITICAL TIME FOR FETAL HEART
DEVELOPMENT? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔3 ½ TO 6 ½ WEEKS
WHAT MAIN STRUCTURES ARE PRESENT IN A 7 WEEK FETAL
HEART? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
AORTICOPULMONARY SEPTUM
MEMBRANOUS PART OF IVS
MUSCULAR PART OF IVS
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, IN FETAL CIRCULATION WHERE DOES BLOOD COME FROM THAT
FLOWS INTO THE UMBILICAL VEIN? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔THE PLACENTA
BLOOD FLOW FROM THE PLACENTA SHOULD BE OXYGEN
(RICH/POOR) AND NUTRIENT (RICH/POOR). - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔OXYGEN
RICH AND NUTRIENT RICH
FETAL BLOOD THAT TRAVELS FROM THE UMBILICAL VEIN, _____ %
GOES TO THE ____________________ AND THE OTHER _____%
TRAVELS TO THE __________________________? - 🧠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
IF BLOOD GOES TO THE LEFT PORTAL SINUS, HOW DOES DOES IT
GET TO THE IVC? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔BLOOD TRAVELS FROM LEFT
PORTAL SINUS, FILTERS THROUGH THE LIVER AND DUMPS INTO
THE HEPATIC VEINS INTO THE IVC
THE DUCTUS VENOSUS BYPASSES THE __________ AND TRAVELS
TO THE ________. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔THE DUCTUS VENOSUS
BYPASSES THE LIVER AND TRAVELS TO THE IVC
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