# 1 Angiogenesis Flashcards
Agiogenic cells clusters are known as?
Blood Islands because they start not connected to each other.
Angiogenisis begins AS what ?
formation of blood islands
The vascular system of the human embryo appears in ___ (___) because the embryo is ______?
- 3rd week (15-18 days)
- No longer able to satisfy its nutritional requirements by diffusion alone.
Clusters of mesenchymal cells in the yolk sac wall, chorion, and body atalk start to proliferate and form what ?
Angiogenic clusters (AKA: Blood Islands).
The peripheral cells of each island become flattened and form the endothelial lining of the vessels. Intercellular clefts appear between the centrally located cells that become detached and free and become the ?
Primitive Blood Cells
Fluid that has been accumulating makes up the?
blood plasma
As more blood islands form, they enlarge and fuse with each other and the endothelial-lined spaces are arranged into capillary plexuses, which eventually envelop the
entire yolk sac.
Gradually certain capillaries enlarge to create main blood vessels, including the
Vitelline Vessels &
Umbilical Vessels
Vitelline Vessels, form in the ?
wall of the yolk sac
Umbilical Vessels, form in the
chorion and body stalk
These extra-‐embryonic blood vessels now join blood vessels inside the embryo that have developed in a similar manner thereby establishing a
primitive vascular system.
What is the final position of the heart tube ?
ventral to the pharynx and dorsal to the developing pericardial cavity
The originally flat embryonic shield begins to fold in a transverse direction. As a result, the two lateral endothelial heart tubes come closer to each other and fuse.
This fusion begins at the cephalic end and extends in a caudal direction, forming what?
a single endocardial tube
What is the final placement of the cardiogenic area ?
caudal to the forebrain and the cranial opening of the gut; and dorsal to the pericardial cavity.
Once the heart tube has achieved the position illustrated on the previous card, it begins to bulge into the pericardial cavity. As the tube sinks deeper into the pericardial cavity, it becomes suspended from its dorsal wall by a
mesentery, the Dorsal Mesocardium
Meanwhile a thick layer of mesenchymal cells forming the Epimyocardial Mantle surrounds the endocardial tube. This layer is at first separated form the endothelial tube by the gelatinous substance, called the ?
Cardiac Jelly