Which of these statements is correct? a. Fetal circulation, like adult circulation, takes blood equally to a

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Which of these statements is correct?
a. Fetal circulation, like adult circulation, takes blood equally to a pulmonary circuit and a systemic circuit.
b. Fetal circulation shunts blood away from the lungs but makes full use of the systemic circuit.
c. Fetal circulation includes exchange of substances between fetal blood and maternal blood at the placenta.
d. Unlike adult circulation, fetal blood always carries oxygen-rich blood and therefore has no need for the pulmonary circuit.
e. Both b and c are correct.
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Human Biology

ISBN: 978-0073525488

13th edition

Authors: Sylvia S. Marder, Michael Windelspecht

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