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ductus ve·no·sus (v

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A fetal vein that passes through the liver to the inferior vena cava.

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A portion of the blood flow entering the liver of the conceptus is shunted via the ductus venosus directly to the inferior vena cava and to the heart for total body distribution (Rudolph and Heymann 1967).

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