Here are two pictures of fetal hearts. The first is a normal fetal heart. The second is a rough sketch of what Rowan’s looks like.
For those of you who understand much about anatomy, Rowan’s aorta is NOT as small as it looks in the picture. It is smaller than the pulmonary artery, but not nearly that much. It still serves as usable tissue to use in surgeries later.
What you see is 1.) The hypoplastic right ventricle; 2.) A VSD, or hole between the ventricles; 3.) Transposed Greater Vessels; and 4.) a question mark because we cannot see the entire Aortic Arch thanks to that little vessel by the 4 being gigantic.
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