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1
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hcg is secreted by

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syncytiotrophoblast

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2
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Where is testosterone secreted m

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Leydig cells

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3
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Where is testosterone secreted f

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Thecal cells/adrenals

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4
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Where is progesterone secreted m

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Adrenals

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5
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Where is progesterone secreted f

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Syncytiotrophoblasts, corpus luteum

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6
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Where is oestrogen secreted f

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Granulosa cells

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7
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What is GnRH? Where secreted

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Gonadotrophic release hormone
Secreted in hypothalamus

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8
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What does gnrh do where released, where act?

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Goes from hypothalamus to pituitary-> secretion of lh and fsh

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9
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Where does spermatogenesis take place

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Seminiferous tubules

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10
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What is the most active form of testosterone

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5dht

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11
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Why do Sertoli cells release ABP

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Androgen bonding protein. Binds testosterone and releases it slowly

Also makes it less lipophilic so it doesn’t leak out as easily

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12
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What happens when fsh reaches Sertoli cells

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More androgen receptors expressed

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13
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What is the hormone that provides the negative feedback in men when testosterone etc get too high

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Inhibin

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14
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how long after delivery until uterus is no longer palpable

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9 days

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15
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3 ways uterus retyrns to normal

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ischemia (reduced blood supply), autolysis, phagocytosis

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16
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what lochias are there

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rubra 3-4 days red
serosa 4-12 days brown
alba 12da-3w

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17
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what stops milk during preg

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progesterone and oestrogen high levels

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18
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what makes mother insulin resistant so glucose goes to the baby

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hpl

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19
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cells whih produce milk

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alveoli

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20
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what

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21
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where is colostrum stored

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breast sinuses

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22
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prolactin produced in

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anterior pituitary

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23
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oxytocin prodused in

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posterior pituitary

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24
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suckling stimullates

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prolactin and oxytocin -> milk manufacture and ejection - postivie feedback

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25
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ejection of milk is called

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galactokinesis

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26
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what is preterm

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anything up to 36+6

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27
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who do you plot on the preterm chart

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only preterm babies

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28
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what is used as “term”

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40 weeks

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29
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what do you gestationally correct to

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40 weeks

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30
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if a child is born at 35 weeks, how do you adjust

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5 weeks backwards,

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31
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when does growth hormone kick in

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about 6 y

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32
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what is andrenarche

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increase in androgen production 6-10yo

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33
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what is pubic hair start

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pubarche

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34
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what is breast budding

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thelarche

35
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what probably starts puberty

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leptin

36
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when can you pause puberty

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tanner stage 2

37
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when does puberty become irreversible

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Tanner stage 3

38
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when would you want to pause puberty

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precocious puberty

39
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what Tanner stage is sexual maturity

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5

40
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what is McCune Albright syndrome

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Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, pigmentation, precocious puberty

41
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what merits global devtl delay

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2 x milestones in defferent categories not met

42
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what are 2 big motor milestones

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walk at 18mo
pincer grip at 9/10mo (by one year)

43
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3 reasons delayed puberty

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genetic Klinefelters or Turner’s XO
nutrition
constitutional (healthy short back to legs ratio)

44
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WHEN DOES MYELINATION HAPPEN

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first two years

45
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what does cerebellum do for babies

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co-ordination. cerebellar programmed activities

46
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how much brain mass developed by age of 2

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75%

47
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when in pregnancy is stress most teratogenic

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2 mo

48
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what is doctor word for squint

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strabismus

49
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which nerve usually affected in strabismus

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vi (lateral rectus)

50
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when does rooting reflex integrate

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3-4 months as vision improves

51
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what is moro reflex

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startle - let go of baby
arms flail out

52
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when does stepping reflex go

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6 wks

53
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what is persistence of primitive reflex indicative of

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pathology

54
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what is the prochordal plate

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future site of the mouth. fusion of epiblast and hypoblast

55
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which is the caudal end of this embryo

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the streak end

56
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spina bifida

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posterior neuropore day 27 x

57
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anterior neuropore x closure

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anencephaly

58
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What does the lumen of the neural tube give rise to?

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ventricles of brain and sc

59
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Which brain vesicle contributes to the cerebral aqueduct

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Mesencephalon

60
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primary chorionic villi?

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protrude into lacunae, non-vasc

61
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2ary chorionic villii

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have loose connective tissue, still non-vasc

62
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3ary chorionic villi

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vascularised

63
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what is the telomere seq

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TTA GGG

64
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why do cells enter senescence

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telomeres too short

65
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what is the Hayflick limit

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no of passes a cell will replicate b4 entering senescence. linked to telomere length

66
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what enzyme keeps the telomeres

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telomerase

67
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hallmarks of ageing

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68
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antioxidants

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bilirubin, enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, dietary

69
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what protein alzheimer’s

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beta amyloid

70
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what leads to collagen lining up properly

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glucose is glycosylated and attached funny to the layers, lining them up badly

71
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what is the most proven way to achieve lengevity

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caloric restriction

72
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why are epigenetics useful therapeutucallu

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reversible eg methyl grps can be added or taken off

73
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CpG islands

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at promoter regions in genes

74
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stem cells can divide indefinitely Y/N

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Y

75
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characteristics of sembryonic stem cells

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Oct4 Nanog markers, clonal (no telomrere shortening), immortal

76
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what is directed differentiation

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try to make stem cell into specialised cells by replicating the body functions to make this happen

77
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iPS cells

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take differentiated cell such as skin cell, add different genes, cells de-differentiate - induced pluripotent stemcells

78
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genes in iPS are no longer reintroduced by viruses, how are they?

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mRNA

79
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what do you do with iPS

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differentiate it into a desired cell type such as pigmented retinal epithelium

80
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what are organoids

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mini organs made in the lab for study

81
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adult stem cell

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multipotent eg haemapoietic cells

82
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What vessel carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the foetus?

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umbilical vein

83
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what are 5 regions of primitive heart tube

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truncus arteriosus - proximal aorta and pulm artery
primitive ventricle - left ventr
primitive atrium - l and r atria
bulbus cordis - ventricular outflow tracts and r ventr
sinus venosus - smooth part of r atrium and coronary sinus

84
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which CN arch 1,2,3,4

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5,7,9,10

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