Complete the sentences and arrange them to describe the flow of blood in the fetus beginning at the umbilical vein.

Most blood from the right atrium is shunted to the left atrium through the______________

Blood then travels through the aorta to the umbilical__________. which brings the blood to the placenta for oxygenation

If blood does travel into the right ventricle, the blood can be shunted from the pulmonary trunk to the aorta through the___________.

The bypass grains into the__________ where it mixes with oxygen__________ blood, before entering the heart.

The umbilical____________ transports oxygen_________blood to the liver and the ____________ a vessel that bypasses the liver.

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