CVS - Development Of Heart Flashcards
What type of folding creates the heart tube?
Lateral folding - causes heart tubes to fuse together and create a substantial tube
What does cephalocaudal folding of the embyro achieve in relation to development of the heart?
Brings the tube into the thoracic region
When does the vascular system develop and why?
Middle of the third week when the embryo is no longer able to satisfy its nutritional requirements by diffusion alone
What cells form the atria, left ventricle and part of the right ventricle?
Progenitor heart cells from the primary heart field
Where is the heart tube suspended?
Pericardial cavity - by a membrane that subsequently degenerates
Name the 6 regions of the primitive heart tube
Aortic roots Truncus arteriosus Bulbus cordis Ventricle Atrium Sinus venosus (blood flow starts here)
What causes looping of the heart tube? What day does it begin/end?
Continued elongation of the heart tube to meet advancing needs of embryo. Grows into pericardial sac (fixed size) so needs to bend so it can all fit in
Essential for normal formation
Begins - Day 23
Ends - Day 28
What happens to the cephalic portion of the Heart tube during looping?
Bends ventrally, caudally and to the right
What happens to the caudal (artrial) portion of the heart tube during looping?
Dorsally, cranially and to the left (upwards to the left)
After looping, what sinus is created?
Transverse pericardial sinus
After looping, in what position are the arteries in relation to the veins?
Arteries in front of the veins
What does looping achieve? (3)
Primordium of right ventricle closest to outflow tract
Primordial of left ventricle closest to inflow tract
Atrium dorsal to bulbus cordis I.e. Inflow is dorsal to outflow
After looping, how does the atrium communicate with the ventricles?
Via the atrioventricular canal
During development of sinus venosus, where does the venous blood come from?
Left and right sinus horns
In which direction does venous return shift?
What happens to the remaining horn?
Right
Left sinus horn recedes and rapidly looses importance.
Why is the right horn very important?
Forms the only communication between the original sinus venosus and the atrium
What structure is the right horn incorporated into?
Right atrium
Where does the right atrium develop from? (3)
Most from the primitive atrium
Sinus venosus
Receives venous drainage from the body (venae cava) and the heart (coronary sinus)
Where does the left atrium develop from? (3)
Small portion from the primitive atrium
Absorbs proximal parts of the pulmonary veins
Receives oxygenated blood from the lungs
When is the oblique pericardial sinus formed?
When the left atrium expands absorbing the pulmonary veins
What happens during fetal circulation?
Lungs are non functional
Receives oxygenated blood from the mother via placenta and umbilical vein
By passes the lungs
Returns to the placenta via umbilical arteries
What three areas does the fetal circulation by pass?
Liver
Right ventricle
Lungs
Does any blood transfer into the lungs during fetal circulation?
Yes - a small amount transfers into the lungs for lung development
Why does fetal circulation by pass the lungs?
Lungs are non functional and it protects their development as the lungs are further behind in the developing program