Coelom And Respiratory Flashcards
When do the intercellular clefts begin to form?
Day 19
When does the lateral plate mesoderm split?
Day 20
When does the mushroom stage occur?
Day 21
When does the isolation of the embryonic coelom occur?
Day 24
When does the body cavity complete closure (lateral folding)?
By the end of the 4th week
What will the angiogenic cell cluster become?
Future heart
When does cranial-caudal folding begin?
Day 22
When does the primitive gut form?
Day 28
What do the pleuropericardial folds become? What do they contain? When is this occurring?
Fibrous pericardium. Phrenic nerves. 5th week
When is the diaphragm formed and what is it composed of?
7th week. Pleuroperitoneal membranes, transverse septum, somatic mesoderm, esophageal mesenchyme
What do the pericardioperitoneal canals connect?
The future abdomen and thorax
What is a congenital diaphragmatic hernia?
Failure of the pericardioperitoneal canals to close (more likely to occur on the left side)
What is a congenital esophageal hernia?
Delay in the descent of the stomach so that the esophageal hiatus is larger than normal
What is congenital eventration of the diaphragm?
Failure of the somatic mesoderm to migrate in causing thin, weak muscle
Failure of proper folding can lead to what defects?
Sternal cleft, Ectopia cordis