Daily Dx: Three-Vessel View of a Fetal Heart

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Name the structures marked 1, 2, 3 in these images of a three-vessel view of a normal fetal heart in the third trimester.

 
1- ascending aorta, 2- superior vena cava . 3- descending aorta
1- ductus arteriosus; 2- ascending aorta ; 3- superior vena cava
1- inferior vena cava; 2- descending aorta; pulmonary vein
1- superior vena cava; 2- ascending aorta; 3- pulmonary artery
1- ductus arteriosus; 2- superior vena cava; 3- ascending aorta

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