Cardiac Embryology (Part 2): Topic 6 Flashcards
When does heart folding occur?
Day 23-28
Heart undergoes a series of folding that leads to the formation of what?
Bulboventricular loop
Heart Tube grows rapidly in length, especially what section?
The midsection (Bulbus Cordis and Ventricle)
Because the two ends of the heart tube ends are fixed, the heart tube is forced to do what?
Bend in order to adapt itself into the pericardial space; forms a U-shape, then forms an S-shape.
How is the heart tube oriented when it is bending?
Oriented so that the atrium and sinus venosus lie superior to the bulbus cordis, ventricle and dorsal aorta/aortic sac
Heart Folding: Atria initially paired- forms what?
Common atrium
Heart Folding: Atrioventricular junction remains narrow. Forms what?
AV Canal; connects common atrium and ventricle
Bulbus Cordis is narrow, expect what? What will this form?
Proximal 1/3; will form trabeculated part of the RV
Heart Folding: Junction between the ventricle and the bulbus cordis externally is what?
Bulboventricular sulcus; remains narrow and is called the primary interventricular foramen
Atrial portions of the Heart Tube dilate and form what?
Common atrium
Atrium “climbs up” what? What does it take with it?
The dorsal pericardial wall; takes atrioventricular junction with it
Atrioventricular junction remains narrow and is now called what? Forms the communication between what?
AV Canal; forms the communication between the atrium and the primitive ventricle
What is the junction of the ventricle and bulbus cordis called?
Intraventricular foramen
What two areas does the diverticular appear at Day 24?
- Along the front of the endocardial tube
2. Just proximally and distal to the primary interventricular foramen
Early embryonic ventricle is what?
The primitive LV
Proximal 1/3 of the bulbus cordis is what?
The primitive RV
What gives the densely trabeculated appearance?
The diverticula
The trabeculae inside the heart leads to what?
Valves, chordae tendinae, papillary muscles, and atrioventricular valves
Abnormalities in Cardiac looping is responsible for which cardiac defects?
Ventricular inversion (corrected transposition)
Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages
Double outlet right ventricle
BC
Bulbus cordis (RV)
AS
Aortic sac