Development of the GI Tract Flashcards
Yolk Sac Endoderm
Gives rise to gut epithelium and glands
Stomodeum and Proctodeum
Primitive mouth and anal pit. The ectoderm of these develops into the epithelium at the cranial and caudal ends of the gut tube.
Artery of the foregut
Celiac Artery (minus pharynx, resp. tract, intrathoracic esophagus)
Artery of the Midgut
Superior Mesenteric Artery
Artery of the Hindgut
Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Adult derivatives of the foregut
Pharynx, lower respiratory system, esophagus and stomach, superior duodenum, liver, biliary system, pancreas
Esophageal atresia
tracheo-esophageal septum deviates posteriorly, causing the esophagus to end as a closed tube. One third of patients also have other congenital defects (VACTERL)
Esophageal stenosis
Resultant from failure of the esophageal septum to recanalize
Associated with Polyhdramnios
Development of curvatures of the stomach
- Dorsal stomach wall grows faster than ventral wall, resulting in greater and lesser curvatures
Rotation of Stomach
- Stomach rotates 90 degrees clockwise
- left side becomes ventral surface, right side becomes dorsal
- left vagus supplies ventral wall, right vagus supplies dorsal wall
Mesogastrium
- Suspends stomach from dorsal and ventral abdominal walls
- Has dorsal and ventral portions
Dorsal Mesogastrium
- Becomes Greater omentum, gastrosplenic and splenorenal ligaments in adults
- Spleen is derived from mesenchymal cells between layers
Omental bursa
- “lesser sac” formed posteriorly to stomach by rotation of the dorsal mesogastrium
- Accessible to rest of peritoneal cavity through epiploic foramen
Ventral Mesogastrium
- becomes the lesser omentum
- connects lesser curvature of the stomach to liver and duodenum
- Liver develops within and is encased by it
- bc of this, forms falciform ligament and livers visceral peritoneum
Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
- marked hypotrophy and hyperplasia of the 2 muscular layers of the pylorus, channel is lengethened and thickened.
- diluted stomach
- presents with projectile vomiting with feeding and palpation of small knot @ right costal margin “the olive”, NO bile in vomit.
- increased incidence in infants with erythromycin
- Treatment– hypokalemic, hypocholoremic metabolic alkalosis treated first; then pyloromytomy
Development of the Duodenum
- forms from caudal foregut and cranial midgut
- attachment of bile duct forms just proximal to this junction
- the two segments grow and form c shaped loop projecting ventrally toward the umbilical cord
Effect of stomach rotation on duodenal loop
- rotation turns ventrally projected duodenal loop to the right
- both pancreas and duodenum are pushed into secondarily retroperitoneal position
Recanalization of the duodenum
- Epithelium proliferates and occludes lumen
- recanalization occurs by 8-9 weeks
Duodenal Stenosis
- Lumen is narrowed as a result of failed recanalization
Duodenal atresia
- lumen is occluded as a result of failed recanalization,
- strong association with Trisomy 21
- bilious vomiting (most obstructions are distal to ampulla of vater)
- no abdominal dissension
- often associated with polyhydramnios due to low intestinal reabsorption of amniotic fluid
Double bubble sign
- characteristic of duodenal occlusion in prenatal ultrasonography
- first bubble is stomach
- second stomach is post pyloric and PRE-STENOTIC dilated duodenal loop
Pancreas germ layer origin
- endoderm of the foregut
- dorsal and ventral pancreatic buds form as two outgrowths into dorsal and ventral mesentery
Effects of rotation on forming pancreas
- Duodenal rotation carries ventral pancreatic bud posterior to dorsal bud and they fuse
- Duodenal and gastric rotation cause pancreas to become secondarily retroperitoneal
Derivatives of each pancreatic bud
- Ventral bud - Head, uncinate process, most of main pancreatic duct
- Dorsal bud - rest of pancreas (neck, body, tail, distal duct)