ETEXT CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS INSTANT
ETEXT CAMPBELL BIOLOGY IN FOCUS INSTANT
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ISBN: 9780135964422
Author: Urry
Publisher: PEARSON
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The effect of hole in heart as if the heart of a normally developed human fetus has a hole between left and right atria and in some cases the whole does not completely before birth. If it is not surgically corrected, how would it affect the O2 content of the blood entering into the systemic circuit.

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Heart is a muscular organ present in the left side of the breastbone. It pumps blood through the network of arteries and veins know as cardiovascular system. Human has four chambered heart in which two atria and two ventricles are present and are separated by a valve. Blood flow in human body is facilitated by double circulation.

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