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Arterialny Canal

Arterialny Canal [ductus arteriosus – PNA (The anatomic nomenclature Parisian); ductus arteriosus (Botalli) – BNA (The anatomic nomenclature Basel); synonym: botall a channel] – a blood vessel which connects a pulmonary trunk of a fruit and an aorta. Arterialny Canal is formed of the left sixth (aortal) branchiate arch; quickly zapustevat after the birth, being reduced in a fibrous tyazh; its not fusion is among inborn heart diseases.

 
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