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
Susana (given name) Susana (given name) Susana is a feminine given name. Like its variants, which include the names Susanna and Susan, it is derived from Σουσάννα, "Sousanna", the Greek form of the Hebrew שושנה, "Shoshannah", which could have been derived from the Aramaic language. ܫܘܫܢ, "Shoshan" means "lily" in Syriac. سوسن, "Susan", is the Persian spelling of this name. The spelling "Susanna" is used in Sweden, Italy, the Netherlands and Finland, as well as much of the English-speaking world. "Zuzana" is used in Czech Republic and Slovakia, and the spelling is "Zsuzsanna" in Hungary. In Polish it is "Zuzanna". In addition to