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==Placental Blood Supply and Drainage==
 
==Placental Blood Supply and Drainage==
 
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=== Umbilical Arteries ===
=== Umbillical Arteries ===
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The paired umbilical arteries arise from '''Iliac arteries''' along with vesicular arteries to the bladder. In the adult, the remnance of these vessels form the ventral ligament of the bladder. The umbilical arteries carry deoxygenated blood and waste products from the fetus to the placenta.
* Arise from Iliac arteries along with vesicular arteries to the bladder.
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=== Umbilical Veins ===
* Form the ventral ligament of the bladder in the adult.
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A single umbilical veins runs from the fetus and joins the '''hepatic portal vein''', effectively circumventing the liver which is not yet fully patent. The umbilical vein transports oxygen-rich and nutrient-rich blood from the placenta to the fetus.
* Carry deoxygenated blood from the bladder.
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=== Umbillical Veins ===
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* Join the hepatic portal vein
      
=== Shunts ===
 
=== Shunts ===
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