In the Fetal Heart,the Lungs Are Deflated and the Fetus

question 35

Multiple Choice

In the fetal heart,the lungs are deflated and the fetus receives oxygen from its mother across the placenta through the umbilical cord.There is an opening in the wall between the left and right side of the fetal heart.This should normally grow closed before birth.What symptoms would be expected if this heart wall opening remained open?

• A) It would cause hypertension-fetal blood pressure would be abnormally high.
• B) This would balance the diastolic and systolic blood pressure readings.
• C) Deoxygenated blood would mix with oxygenated blood and systemic circulation would have too little oxygen to sustain healthy growth.
• D) This would not actually cause any bad effects at all since the heart pumping would be equally distributed between left and right ventricles.
• E) This would cause blood to flow back out of the heart through the right atrium and cause drastic effects in the fetus.

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