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liver the umbilical vein divides into two branches ; of these, 

 the larger joins the portal vein and enters the right lobe; 



R.Com.CTuroUdL 



L Com Carotid 



Umbilicus - 



- Ext Iliac 



Placenta, 

 FlG. 68. Diagrammatic view of the fetal circulation (Borland). 



the smaller branch continues onward, under the name of the 

 ductus venosus, and joins the left hepatic vein at the point 



