Foramen ovale (heart) ovale, the fossa ovalis. A fetus receives oxygen not from its lungs, but from the mother's oxygen-rich blood via the placenta. Oxygenated blood from the placenta travels through the umbilical cord to the right atrium of the fetal heart. As the fetal lungs are non-functional at this time, it is more efficient for the blood to bypass them. This is accomplished through 2 cardiac shunts. The first is the foramen ovale which shunts blood from the right atrium to the left atrium. The second is the ductus arteriosus which shunts blood from the pulmonary artery (which, after birth, carries blood
Julie (given name) may be given to males as well, though mostly as a second or third given name. In 2006, 204 Frenchmen had "Julie" among their given names. The first appearance of "Julie" in a popular non-French literary work occurred with Swedish playwright August Strindberg's tragedy "Miss Julie" in 1888. As it became one of the most widely performed plays in the English-speaking world, the choice of "Julie" as a name expanded along with it. Mononyms: Given name: Julie (given name) Julie is a popular Latin first name which originally comes from the Latin "Julia" which could mean youthful, soft-haired, beautiful or