Development Flashcards
Lower respiratory tract not completed until
End of fetal period
What forms the respiratory diverticulum
Anterior wall of foregut
Epithelium of internal respiratory system formed from
Endoderm
Cartilage, CT, SM of respiratory system formed from
Mesoderm
Into what does respiratory diverticulum divide
Lung buds
Division of trachea and esophagus through
Tracheoesophageal septum
Defect in tracheoesophageal septum results in
Trachea-esophageal fistulas
What is a tracheoesophageal fistula
Connection between trachea and esopagus
Cause of tracheaesophageal fistula
Mesoderm defect. Because mesoderm –> cartilage, CT, SM
VATER
Vertebral anomalies - Anal atresia - Tracheoesophageal fistula - Esophagus atresia - Renal atresia
VATERL
VATER + Limb diseases
When does septum transversum appear
4th week
Septum transversum at week 4
C1
Septum transversum at week 8
T7 and T12
Phrenic nerve root
C3-C5