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The heart and circulatory system of a fetus begin to form soon after conception. By the end of the fifth week, the heart of the fetus is able to pump blood throughout its body. However, since the lungs will not function until birth when the newborn takes its first breath, the mother must supply the fetus with oxygen-rich blood.

As in an adult heart, the prenatal heart develops four chambers and four valves. But ... more