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Comparison Of The Heart And Nascent Circulatory System

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The mother’s body sustains the heart of its unborn child; that in itself is poetic. The cardiovascular system is the first (dual) system to form during pregnancy. The heart and a nascent circulatory system will form during the first few weeks of gestation. Between the 4th and 5th week of gestation the heart is now beating at a sturdy pace and blood flow has begun in the main vessels. By week ten of a pregnancy, the heart has fully formed, with two atria, two ventricles, and two blood vessels to carry blood from the heart, the aorta, and pulmonary artery. Circulation differs between babies and fetuses, because a fetus is incapable of using its lungs to breathe. A majority of fetal blood does not pass through the lungs but rather pushed through

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