Development Of The GI Tract Flashcards
What does folding of the embryo make?
Gut within a cavity
Anterior body wall
In the 4th week how does an embryo fold?
Laterally
Craniocaudally
What does folding laterally of the embryo cause?
creates ventral body wall
make primitive gut tube tubular
What does folding of the embryo craniocaudally cause?
creates cranial and caudal blind pockets from yolk sac ectoderm
What is endoderm?
Lined tube which runs the length of the body
Where does the gut tube have blind pouches?
At the head and tail
Where does the gut tube have an opening?
At the umbilicus
What is the covering of the gut tube?
Splanchnic mesoderm
What are the three divisions of the gut tube?
Foregut
Midgut
Hindgut
What does the foregut develop into?
Oesophagus Stomach Pancreas Liver Gall bladder 1st part of the duodenum
What does the midgut develop into?
2nd part of Duodenum Jejunum Ilieum Cecums ascending colon Proximal 2/3 of transverse colon
What does the hindgut develop into?
Distal 1/3 of the transverse colon Descending colon Sigmoid colon Rectum Upper anal canal Internal lining of the bladder and urethra
What is the blood supply of the foregut derivatives?
Celiac trunk
What is the blood supply for the midgut derivatives?
SMA
What is the blood supply for the hindgut derivatives?
IMA