Cardiac Embryonic-Fetal Circulation Flashcards
What is the morula?
Unicellular zygote goes through a series of cleavages resulting in a cluster of cells called the morula.
What turns into the blastocyst? What are the 3 components of the blastocyst?
Morula turns into the blastocyst which has 3 components
Outer cell mass (trophoblast)
Inner cell mass (embryoblast)
Central cavity (blastocyst cavity)
What part of the blastocyst forms the embryonic disk?
The embryoblast
What are the two layers of the embryonic disk?
External layer - epiblast
Internal layer - hypoblast
At the blastocyst stage, where are the pericardiac cells located?
Within the epiblast on either side of the primitive streak
How is the intraembryonic mesoderm formed?
Epiblast cells migrate through underneath the primate streak giving rise to the intraembryonic mesoderm… this turns the 2 layer disk into 3 layers
Epiblast
Intraembryonic mesoderm
Hypoblast
At this stage. It’s called gastrula
In the gastrula, what are the 3 layers?
External - ectoderm
Middle - mesoderm
Internal - endoderm
In the gastrula, which layer are the precardiac cells located in? Where do they migrate?
Mesoderm (middle layer). They begin to migrate cephalically
What are 2 challenges that make it very difficult to prevent congenital heart defects?
- The heart starts to develop very early in the pregnancy–often so early that the mother doesn’t know she’s pregnant yet (day 16!)
- No isolated gene defect to fix/prevent
In the gastrula, after the precardiac cells migrate cephalically, where do they establish?
They establish themselves at the cranial end of the embryonic disk which becomes the cariogenic area.
Which germ layer do the cariogenic area cells come from?
Mesoderm
What germ layer does the heart derive from?
Mesoderm
On day 19, folding begins. What does this do to the location of the heart?
The location of the heart goes from the “head” of the disk, to where the chest cavity will be. The cariogenic cells are now ventral to the forebrain and foregut. At this point, the cariogenic cells begin to form 2 endocardial tubes.
When are the endocardial tubes formed?
They are formed after the first fold that brings the cariogenic mesoderm cells from the head of the disk to in front (ventral) of the foregut and the forebrain.
What is the layer that surrounds the heart tubes?
Splanchnic mesoderm
What lines the inside of the heart tubes?
endothelial cells
What significant event in the formation of the heart happens on day 21-22?
The tubes fuse together due to cephalic and lateral folding of the embryo
On what day does the heart begin to beat?
Day 22. After tubes fuse together!
What happens during the pre-loop stage?
Straight heart tube
Atrioventricular sulcus will become the intraventricular septum
The primitive ventricle is the primordial of the trabeculated portion of the LV
The proximal portion of the bulbs cords is the primordial of the trabeculated portion of the RV
Blood flow begins
What is the primordial of the trabeculated portion of the LV?
Primitive Ventricle
What is the primordial of the trabeculated portion of the RV?
Proximal portion of the Bulbous Cordis
When does blood flow begin?
Day 22. Pre-loop stage.
What part of the pre-loop stage heart becomes the intraventricular septum?
Atrioventricular sulcus
What develops into the endocardium?
The inner layer of the heart tube is lined by endothelial lining. This turns into the endocardium of the heart.
What develops into the myocardium and epicardium?
The outer layer of the tube is derived from the mesoderm (epimyocardium) and will go on to develop into myocardium and epicardium.
What is cardiac jelly?
This is a substance between the inner and outer layers of the straight heart tube that plays a role in the looping of the heart as well as septation.
What days are the looping stage?
Day 23-25
At the beginning of the looping stage, things look dimpled and there are more names. Name the components from top to bottom and what they turn into
Truncus (Aortic and pulmonary valves/great vessels) Conus (outflow tract) Bulbs Cordis (RV) Primitive Ventricle (LV) Primitive Atria (Atria) Sinus Venosus (SVC and IVC)
Why does looping of the heart happen?
Because, the cardiac tube is growing at a faster longitudinal rate than the rest of the embryo so it starts looping onto itself
During heart folding, do the atria fold in front or behind of the ventricles?
Behind (posteriorly)
What happens if someone has incorrect looping during heart development?
They end up with a heart prone to a lot of defects
The long axis of the atrioventricular canal is initially cephalic to caudal in the straight heart. But with looping, what happens?
The long axis of the atrioventricular canal becomes posterior to anterior
What is double outlet right ventricle?
This is a congenital heart defect where the truncus does not septate with the aorta connected to LV and pulmonary artery connected to the RV. As you can see from the straight heart tube, the truncus is connected only to the RV and then eventually septates into two tubes with one on each ventricle. If this doesn’t happen, you get double outlet right ventricle.