Cardiovascular (embyrology) Flashcards
Where does the entire blood vascular system develop from?
Splanchnic mesoderm
Prenatal Hematopoiesis
Yolk sac and allantois splanchnic mesoderm: 4-5 wks
Liver: 6 wks to mid gestation
Spleen and thymus: 8-16 weeks
Bone marrow: 16 weeks to beyond
Which organs takes over the function of bone marrow when it’s damaged?
Liver and spleen
How many BVs are in the umbilical cord?
3: 2 umbilical arteries and 1 umbilical vein
arteries becoming lateral ligaments of the bladder
What do the vitelline veins and arteries connect?
Early heart with the yolk sac
What does the umbilical veins and arteries connect?
Early heart with the allantois and placenta
What do the cardinal veins (cranial, caudal and common) connect?
Heart with the body parts
Early blood flow
Vitelline or umbilical vein –> sinus venosus –> atrium –> ventricle –> truncus arteriosis –> aortic arches –> dorsal aorta –> vitelline artery (yolk sac) or umbilical artery (allantois)
Where does the heart develop?
Cranial to the developing embryo
How does the heart migrate?
Embryo folding migrates heart from cranial to the embryo to the pharyngeal area
Where does the yolk sac and allantois orginate?
YS: mid gut
A: outpocketing from the hind gut
Stages in Heart Development
D18: blood islands and myoblasts cr. to the neural plate
D 20-35: Fusion, division and folding of endocardial tubes and an anticlockwise turn brings atria dorsal to ventricles
Pericardial cavity (intraemryonic coelom) cr. to embryo
___________ gives rise to the pulmonary artery and aorta
Truncus arteriosus
What does the right sinus venosus form?
Overdevelops and forms smooth part of the right atrium
What does the left sinus venosus form?
Atrophies and forms coronary sinus and oblique vein of left atrium (left to right shift in circulation)
Endocardial cushion
Divides Av canal into right and left AV canals
Interartrial septa 1 & 2
Divides atria into right and left atrium
1: valve for the foramen ovale
2: foramen ovale opens in 2 and allows blood to move from right to left atrium
Interventricular septa
Divides ventricles into right and left
Foramen filled by membranous tissue from endocardial cushion and base of truncus arteriosus