Development of GI Tract Flashcards
Midgut remains conencted to yolk sac by _________
Vitelline duct
NOTE: The foregut and hindgut are blind-end tubes
Aside from the primitive gut, what are the other portions of the endorderm-lined cavity?
Yolk sac; allantois
NOTE: Both structures remain outside of the yolk sac
Septum transversum develops into connective tissue of ___________.
Diaphragm
REMEMBER: The diaphragm separates the thorax from the abdomen
What contributions does the endoderm make to the gut?
- Epithelial lining of the digestive tract
- Gives rise to the specific cells (parenchyma) of glands, such as hepatocytes and exocrine and endocrine cells of pancreas
What contributions does the visceral mesoderm give to the gut?
- Forms stroma (connective tissue) for glands
- Muscle
- Connective tissue
- Peritoneal components of the wall of the gut
Why is a portion of the endoderm-lined yolk sac cavity incorporated into the embryo?
As a result of craniocaudal and lateral folding of the embryo
There is a retinoic acid gradient established during folding. What is that gradient in regards to the cranial and caudal ends? What is the function?
- The cranial end is exposed to little or no retinoic acid, while the caudal end is exposed to a high concentration of retinoic acid
- This gradient causes characteris transcription factors to be expressed at each region of the gut tube
List the transciption factors that are expressed as a result of the retinoic acid gradient. What does each transcription factor lead to the production of?
- SOX2- Esophagus and stomach
- PDX1- Duodenum
- CDXC- Small intestine
- CDXA- Large intestine, rectum
The epithelial-mesenchymal interaction is initiated by ____________ expression throughout the gut tube.
Sonic Hedgehog (SHH)
SHH expression upregulates factors in the ___________that then determine the type of structure that forms from gut tube, such as stomach, duodenum, small intestine.
mesoderm
Blood supply to the foregut
Celiac trunk
What are the derivatives of the foregut?
- Distal esophagus
- Stomach
- First half of duodenum
- Liver
- Gallbladder
- Pancreas
NOTE: Though the spleen is not a deriverative of the foregut, it shares the same blood supply as foregut organs.
Blood supply to the midgut
Superior mesenteric artery
Derivatives of the midgut
- 2nd half of duodenum
- Jejunum
- Ileum
- Cecum
- Appendix
- Ascending colon
- Hepatic flexure of colon
- Transverse colon (proximal 2/3rd)
Blood supply to the hindgut
Inferior mesenteric artery
Derivatives of the hindgut
- Distal third of the transverse colon
- Descending colon
- Sigmoid colon
- Rectum
Mesentery
Folds of peritoneum; double layers of peritoneum that enclose an organ and conenct it to the body wall
NOTE: Mesenteries provide pathways for vessels, nerves, and lymphatics to and from abdominal viscera
The entire abdominal gut tube is suspended from the posterior wall by a __________.
Dorsal mesentery
NOTE: By the 5th week, the caudal part of the foregut, the midgut, and a major part of the hindgut are suspended from the abdominal wall by the dorsal mesentery.
Dorsal mesentery of the jejunal and ileal loops forms the ___________.
Mesentery proper
The ventral mesentary is derived from the ___________.
Septum transversum
Where does ventral mesentery exist?
Only in terminal part of esophagus, stomach, and upper part of the duodenum
Growth of the liver divides the ventral mesentery into:
- Lesser omentum
- Falciform ligament
What are the boundaries of the pharynx?
- Oropharyngeal membrane to respiratory diverticulum
NOTE: This is the first part of the foregut, the remainder of the foregut lies caudal to the pharyngeal tube and extends as far caudally as liver outgrowth
What is another name for the respiratory diverticulum?
Trachea-bronchial diverticulum
Trachea becomes partitioned from the esophagus by formation of the ____________.
Tracheoesophageal septum
*This leaves them connected only at the larynx
__________ prevents swallowing of amniotic fluid.
Atresia
NOTE: Esophageal atresia causes the esophagus to end in a blind-ended pouch rather than connecting normally to the stomach.
In esophageal atresia, amniotic fluid is not able to flow from the amniotic sac to the intestinal tract, causing a build up of excess fluid in the amniotic sac called ___________.
Polyhydramnios
Tracheoesphogeal fistula
An abnormal connection between the trachea and esophagus that allow regurgitated contents to contaminate lungs and abdomen with distend air.
REMEMBER: The tracheoesophageal septum is supposed to form between trachea and esophagus
How can positional changes of the stomach be explained?
By assuming that it rotates around a longitudinal and an anteroposterior axis.
How are the greater and lesser curvatures of the stomach formed?
- The stomach rotates 90 degrees clockwise around its longitudinal axis, causing its left side to face anteriorly and its right side to face posterior.
- During rotation, the original posterior wall grows faster than the anterior portion.
NOTE: The anterior portion forms the lesser curvature and the posterior portion forms the greater curvature