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embryology heart
Inter atrial septum
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Post-Graduate
09/23/2008

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heart starts beating at
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22 days of intra uterine life
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In fetal heart pressure is more in which chamber
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right atrium
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Cresent shaped tissue that grows upto the endo cardial cushions is
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septum primum
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By about the end of 6 th week septum secundum finishes to develop leaving a permanant opening in the postero inferior suface called
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foramen ovale
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After septum secundum develops fully septum primum's fate
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upper part degenerates and the lower part forms as a valve to the foramen ovale.
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As the baby is born due to functionality of lungs pressure in the right atrium drops and
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pressure in the left atrium becomes more and this causes closure of formanen ovale usually about 3 months after birth.
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Fossa ovalis is the landmark in the adult heart where the foramen ovale used to be
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but which is closed by septum primum
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