Foetal (Fetal) Circulation | Before and At Birth | Cardiac Physiology | Embryology

✨In this video, I talk about the different shunts through foetal circulation, the changes that happen at birth and the vestiges that remain. I hope it helps! ☀️

🌟What's in this video?
0:00 - Intro
0:13 - The Foetal Circulation Pathway & Shunts
3:27 - Foetal Circulation Physiology
4:38 - Changes at birth
7:25 - Adult vestigial remnants

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📚Factual References & for Further Reading:
- Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology
- Costanzo’s Textbook of Physiology
- Langman’s Medical Embryology
- First Aid for the USMLE, 2020 edition
- Openstax Anatomy and Physiology
- Openstax Biology
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🌤 Note:
These are just a collection of my notes. So use them the way you would use borrowed notes from a friend. 📝
The images in this video are hand-drawn for illustration and explanation only.✍️ Hence, they may not be anatomically accurate. I am just one person making these videos. If there are any errors, that is unintentional. I try super hard to avoid them. Please let me know if you find any, so it gets clarified for other viewers. Science constantly evolves and changes. New discoveries are made everyday. So some of the information in these videos may become outdated. If you notice that, please let me know so I can update them.

⚡️Disclaimer:
These videos are NOT a substitute for a medical textbook. Textbooks are written by experts (which I do not claim to be), edited, proofread and referenced. Please use them.
The information has been sourced from multiple references as mentioned above. I draw all the pictures myself. But if I have inadvertently infringed on any copyright, that is completely unintentional. I only make these videos to impart education. If I have accidentally violated copyright in any way, do let me know so I can make the necessary changes or give credit to anyone who is owed the same.
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🔅They are ONLY meant to help students of medicine and health sciences with studying, and should be used for just that purpose and absolutely nothing else.

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