1. How are red blood corpuscles formed
in the fetus?
2. What are blood islands? How are primitive
blood vessels formed?
3. What is the pericardium and how is it
formed?
4. Briefly describe the development of the
basic heart tube.
5. How is the auricle divided into L and R
sides? What is incorporated in the final L
atrium and R atrium?
6. How are the pulmonary veins formed?
7. Describe how the truncus arteriosus is
divided into the pulmonary and systemic
trunks.
8. What tissue forms the ventricular septum?
How is the ventricular septum formed?
9. Where are atrial septal defects and
ventricular defects found?
10. Define the limits of the foramen
ovale.
11. Describe the aortic arches. Which aortic
arches remain in the fetus and the adult?
12. What veins develop from the following in
the fetus:
(i) Vitelline veins
(ii) Umbilical veins
(iii) Cardinal veins
13. What are the major consequences of
P.D.A., A.S.D. and V.S.D. and tetralogy of
Fallot on the individual with any of these
malformations?
14. Compare and contrast malformations of the
CVS which occur inside and outside the
heart.
