Cardiac Flashcards
What layer does Cardiovascular system develop from?
Mesoderm
What forms in yolk sac mesoderm, what do these structures contribute to?
Cardiac myoblasts and blood islands - form RBC and network of vessels
In what week does heart development begin?
Week 3
How is cardiac crescent formed?
Progenitor cells from epiblasts migrate through prim streak forming mesoderm
Migrate to left and right sides of embryonic discs joining up to form cardiac crescent
Signals from endoderm (e.g. BMP2) cause formation of cardiac mesoderm
Cardiac crescent divided into?
First and second heart field
What do 1st and 2nd heart field give rise to?
1st: give rise to left ventricle and atria
2nd: right ventricle, atria and outflow tract
When do progenitor heart cells from epiblast migrate through prim stream, what does it form?
Day 16
Mesoderm
How does an endocardial tube form?
Angiogenic clusters coalesce
Where do endocardial tubes develop relative to gastrulating embryo?
Rostrally in the cardiogenic crescent region
What type of mesoderm do paired endocardial tubes come from?
Splachnic mesoderm
When do endocardial tubes fuse?
Day 22
What direction do endocardial tubes fuse in
Cephalo-caudal direction
What sort of folding allows endocardial tubes to fuse
Rostral and lateral
When does contractile activity of heart begin
Before fusion of tubes, day 18
How are epicardium and myocardium formed
Mesodermal cells condense around inner endocardium of heart tube forming myocardium and surrounding epicardium
What do the two endocardial tubes do by day 22?
Fuse in the midline to form primitive heart tube
What secretes cardiac jelly?
Myocardium
What does cardiac jelly do?
Fills spaces between myocardium and endocardium
Which layer of heart is responsible for forming coronary arteries, including their endothelial layer?
Epicardium
Where is cardiac jelly prominent?
AV canal
Outflow tract
Which type of mesoderm is heart mostly derived from?
Splanchnic mesoderm
What does BMP do?
Induces mesoderm to become cardiogenic
What does heart tube consist of?
Primitive inflow tract (sinus venosus, 2 venous horns)
2 Prim Atrium
1 Prim Ventricle
Bulbus cordis
Truncus arteriosus
Which 3 pairs of veins drain blood to heart via sinus venosus?
Common cardinal
Vitelline veins
Umbilical veins
Initially heart tube is symmetrical but then…
Sinus venosus programmed to drain blood preferentially to right of heart so eventually all systemic venous blood drains to right side via SVC and IVC
What does each aortic arch artery link?
Link truncus arteriosus and dorsal aortae
What is the most distal part of the truncus arteriosus?
Aortic sac
What is the truncus arteriosus what does it form?
Distal part of the bulbus cordis, forms roots and proximal portion of aorta and pulmonary artery
What is the aortic sac?
Superior to truncus arteriosus- primordial vascular channel from which the aortic arches arise
What does the conus cordis form from?
Midportion of bulbus cordis
What does conus cordis form?
Outflow tracts of both ventricles
How does heart begin to devleop in thorax through change in position?
Cranial folding at rostral end sweeps cardiogenic region ventrally under developing heart