Cardiovascular Embryology Flashcards
What are the 4 stages of heart development?
Primitive heart tube
Heart looping
AV septation
Outflow tract septation
Which germ layer forms the circulatory system?
Lateral plate splanchic mesoderm
Where do blood vessels first appear?
Yolk sac
Allantois
Connecting Stalk
Chorion
What structures canalise to form the primitive heart tube?
Angioblastic cords
The somatic mesoderm forms which structure?
Parietal and fibrous pericardium
The splanchic mesoderm forms which structure?
Visceral pericardium
What is the structure of the primitive heart tube?
Truncus arteriosus Bulbus cordis Ventricle Atrium Sinus venosus
Sinus venosus forms what? Receives blood from where?
Left and right horns
Receives blood from Yolk sac, placenta, and body of embryo
Which veins drain from the yolk sac?
Vitelline veins
Which veins drain from the placenta?
Umbilical veins
Which veins drain from the body of the embryo?
Common cardinal veins
Aortic arches arise from where?
Aortic sac (from truncus arteriosus)
Bulbus cordis and ventricle grow faster forming what?
Bulboventricular loop
What does the endocardial cushion do?
Separates the right AV opening from the left AV opening
Which septum forms first?
Septum primum
What is the fate of foramen primum?
Disappears
What forms foramen ovale?
Foramen secundum and septum secundum
What is the name of the opening between the septum primum and the endocardial cushion?
Ostium primum
How is the IV septum completed?
Membranous portion growing from the muscular portion to the endocardial cushion
What is the role of Foramen ovale?
Allows blood to pass from right to left (skips non-functional lungs)
What two structures fuse to form fossa ovale?
Septum primum and septum secundum
What is the most common form of Congenital heart disease?
Ventricular septal defect
membranous most common