A+P: Peds I Flashcards
The heart is derived from what neural tissue?
mesoderm
What does the heart initially form from?
2 simple endothelial tubes
What do the simple endothelial tubes of the heart develop into?
4 slightly bulged areas representing early heart chambers
What gestational age does blood usually start pumping?
day 22
What gestational age does the heart tube contort into a structurally developed heart?
2nd month
What happens at day 22 of gestation?
blood is pumping in the heart
What is happening by the 2nd month of gestation?
the heart tube contorts into structurally developed heart
List the primitive chamber of the heart.
- Sinus venous
- Atrium
- Ventricle
- Bulbus cordis
Describe the sinus venosus:
Receives venous blood of embryo; becomes smooth wall of RA & coronary sinus. gives rise to SA node (early control & setting of heart rate as embryo)
What gives rise to the SA node & what does the SA node do?
- sinus venosus
- early control and setting of heart rate as embryo
What is the strongest pumping chamber of early heart?
the ventricle
What does the bulbus cordis include?
truncus arteriosus
What does the bulbus cordis give rise to?
pulm truck (1st part of aorta) and most of RV
Is fetal circulation high or low resistance circuit?
low-resistance circuit
Which side of the heart has a greater pressure?
right side > left side
What is the point of fetal heart structures?
help bypass pulmonary circulation in utero b/c lungs aren’t mature
List fetal heart structures.
- ductus venosus
- foramen ovale
- ductus arteriosus
Explain what the left umbilical vein does.
- send O2 blood to liver via portal vein
- deO2 blood levels the liver via hepatic vein to IVC
Primary function of ductus venosus?
to carry O2 blood from umbilical vein to the IVC then to RA bypassing the liver
What plays a key role in maintaining fetal circulation pattern?
ductus venosus
How does the ductus venosus close and when?
- secondary to incr cardiac pressures & decreased circulating PGs postpartum
- closes postpartum
Describe the foramen ovale.
patent structure during fetal circulation that connects the 2 atria
Functions (2) of the foramen ovale
- allows O2 rich blood to go from RA to LA & LV or aorta
- allows most O2 blood to go to the brain
Describe the foramen ovale.
Connecting structure that shunts blood from pulm artery to aorta
Function of the ductus arteriosus.
sends O2 poor blood (mixed blood) from RV for systemic circulation & lungs
Fetal systemic circulation includes:
- right/left common iliac arteries to internal/external iliac arteries & back to umbilical arteries to return deO2 blood to placenta
What happens to pressure in fetal circulation postpartum?
Pulm circulatory pressure decr & systemic circulation incr
Why does the ductus arteriosus close?
b/c decr blood flow related to pressure changes (due to back pressure)
How long does it take for the ductus arteriosus to close?
12-24 hrs after birth
The ductus arteriosus forms that structure postpartum?
ligamentum arteriosum