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In addition tadalafil 10 mg visa, the tional fertilized eggs can be frozen to repeat the procedure in implantation of more than one fertilized egg has resulted in a case of failure or for later pregnancies buy 5 mg tadalafil with mastercard. Although the blood of the deoxygenated blood from the fetus to the placenta, and mother and her offspring do not mix—each has its own one vein that carries oxygenated blood from the placenta blood and cardiovascular system—exchanges take place to the fetus (see Fig. In this manner, monary vessels, these arteries carry blood low in oxygen gases (CO2 and O2) are exchanged, nutrients are provided and this vein carries blood high in oxygen. Chapter 14 describes several adaptations in the fetal heart that allow blood to bypass The Umbilical Cord The embryo is connected to the the lungs, which are not functional in the fetus (see Fig. Box 24-2 A Closer Look Fetal Circulation: Routing Blood to Miss the LungsFetal Circulation: Routing Blood to Miss the Lungs he developing fetus has several adaptations in the cardio- into the systemic circulation through a small vessel, the duc- Tvascular system that change at birth. The foramen ovale seals to Most of this blood joins the inferior vena cava by way of a become a depression called the fossa ovalis in the septum be- 24 small vessel, the ductus venosus, and is carried to the heart. DEVELOPMENT AND BIRTH ✦ 481 Placental Hormones In addition to maintaining the riages (loss of an embryo or fetus) frequently occur dur- fetus, the placenta is an endocrine organ. Beginning soon ing this critical time when hormone secretion is shifting after implantation, some embryonic cells produce the from the corpus luteum to the placenta. This hormone stimulates creted by the placenta during pregnancy, reaching a peak the ovarian corpus luteum, prolonging its life-span to 11 at term, the normal conclusion of pregnancy. It promotes endometrial secretion to nourish the function leads to an alternate name for this hormone: embryo, maintains the endometrium and decreases the human chorionic somatomammotropin. By the end of the fourth month, the fetus By the end of the second month, the embryo takes on is almost 15 cm (6 inches) long, and its external genitalia an appearance that is recognizably human. By the seventh bryos, the primitive testes have formed and have begun to month, the fetus is usually about 35 cm (14 inches) long secrete testosterone, which will direct formation of the and weighs approxoimately 1. During development, the fetal skin is protected by a ◗ The lungs provide more oxygen by increasing the rate layer of cheeselike material called the vernix caseosa and depth of respiration. The total period of pregnancy, from fertilization of the Nausea and vomiting are common discomforts in ovum to birth, is approximately 266 days, also given as early pregnancy. The specific cause of these food and oxygen for the fetus and eliminate its waste ma- symptoms is not known, but they may be a result of the great changes in hormone levels that occur at this time. They may reap- Amniotic sac pear late in pregnancy as the head of Amniotic fluid the fetus drops from the abdominal region down into the pelvis, pressing on the rectum and the urinary blad- der. The Use of Ultrasound in Ob- Fetus stetrics Ultrasonography (ul-trah- son-OG-rah-fe) is a safe, painless, and noninvasive method for studying soft Urinary tissue. An 24 Anus instrument called a transducer con- verts the reflected sound waves into Urethra Vagina Perineum electrical energy, and a computer is Cervix used to generate an image on a view- Figure 24-5 Midsagittal section of a pregnant uterus with intact fetus. Ultrasound scans can be used in 484 ✦ CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR The Four Stages of Labor The process by which the fetus is ex- pelled from the uterus is known as labor and delivery; it also may be called parturition (par-tu-RISH-un). The technique can placenta, the membranes of the amniotic sac, and the also show the presence of excess amniotic fluid and fetal umbilical cord, except for a small portion remaining abnormalities. The fourth stage begins after expulsion of the after- birth and constitutes a period in which bleeding is The exact mechanisms that trigger the beginning of uter- controlled. Increase in the relative amount Cesarean Section of estrogen as compared to progesterone stimulates A cesarean (se-ZAR-re-an) section (C section) is an inci- uterine contractions. A cesarean section may be required produce reflex secretion of oxytocin, which in turn in- for a variety of reasons, including placental abnormalities, creases the uterine contractions (an example of positive abnormal fetal position, disproportion between the head feedback. Like bone as bone marrow does, so there is less chance of transplant marrow, umbilical cord blood contains stem cells capable of rejection and graft-versus-host disease than with bone differentiating into all blood cell types. Whereas bone mar- source, only enough cells to treat a child or small adult can row collection is a surgical procedure, cord blood can be be harvested from a single donor. Triplets occurred much less frequently, usually once in several thousand births, whereas quadru- A pregnancy may end before its full term has been com- plets occurred very rarely.