cardiac embryology Flashcards
when does the primitive heart develop?
22 days
what are the structures in primitive heart?
what does each section of the primitive heart develop into?
what does each horn of the sinus vensous develop into?
what are the cardinal veins?
what do they form?
what is cardiac looping?
what happens if cilia and dyne are abnormal in cardiac looping?
how does the ventricular septum form?
what are the types of ventricular septum pathology?
what do endocardial cushions for inn adult heart?
what are the endocardial cushion defects?
what is the aorticopulmonary septum?
what can result from abnormal formation of the aorticopulmonary septum?
how does the atrial septum form?
The atrial septum is then formed by a fusion of the septum primum and secundum. A flap covering the foramen ovale is formed from the septum primum. Shortly after birth, the increase in left atrial pressure causes the flap to close.
what is patent Foramen oval? what causes it?
describe foetal circulation
describe how foetal circulation changes at brith
what changes in the placenta at birth?
