development of the heart Flashcards
3 stages of heart formation
heart tube formation, heart looping, and chamber formation
why does the heart loop?
developing structures are outgrowing the space because the fibrous pericardium does not stretch
foundational circulation development
- vasogenesis and angiogenesis form blood vessels in extraembryonic splanchnic mesoderm
- cells aggregate in cardiogenic areas to form R and L heart tubes
- R and L heart tubes squish to become a single heart tube during embryonic folding
- heart tube connects with blood vessels to form primordial cardiovascular system
- blood circulates
what does the endoderm secrete
VEGF, induces mesoderm to differentiate into endocardium
splanchnic mesoderm forms
cardiogenic area
after endoderm is formed from splanchnic mesoderm
cardiac jelly is secreted to form myocardium, then more splanchnic mesoderm migrates to form pericardium
neural crest cells
migrate in, many go to regions forming outflow tracts and cardiac valves
outflow tracts
pulmonary trunk and ascending aorta
5 parts of the heart tube
sinus venosus (main inflow)
atrium
ventricle
bulbus cordis
truncus arteriosus (main outflow)
embryonic circulation consists of
3 major sets of veins, 5 major sets of arteries
venous system
right side dominant
arterial system
left side dominant
why is medium oxygenated blood fine in an embryo?
they are not exercising, walking, doing chores, etc
3 major embryonic veins
cardinal, vitelline, and umbilical
embryonic veins drain blood where
into sinus venosus
cardinal veins
drain the embryonic body; there are anterior and posterior cardinal veins that form a common cardinal vein
vitelline veins
drain the umbilical vesicle which is where the intestines develop
umbilical veins
carry oxygenated blood from the placenta
why do vitelline veins connect with developing hepatic sinusoids?
they drain all blood from the intestines into the liver to be filtered
right umbilical vein fate
degenerates
distally, left umbilical vein fate
remains the umbilical vein
proximally, left umbilical vein
forms large shunt, ductus venosus
ductus venosus
allows half the blood entering the fetal body to bypass the liver and enter the heart
5 major embryonic arteries
dorsal aorta, intersegmental arteries, vitelline arteries, umbilical arteries, and aortic arch arteries
embryonic arteries carry blood from
truncus arteriosus
umbilical arteries carry
deoxygenated blood to placenta
ductus arteriosus
shunt between aortic arch and pulmonary trunk
why is the ductus arteriosus needed?
to bypass the fetal lungs
heart looping
- bulbus cordis and ventricle grow faster than other regions
- heart bends on self, forms c-shaped dextral bulboventricular loop
- atrium and sinus venosus move dorsal and cranial; S shaped loop is formed
what begins after heart looping?
chamber formation and central point establishment
goal of establishing a central point
turn 1 atrioventricular canal into 2, form central point for heart development
what are endocardial cushions essential for?
forming atrioventricular canals, outflow tracts, and parts of both interatrial and interventricular septa
establishing a central point
- 2 endocardial cushions (dorsal and ventral) form on opposite sides of common atrioventricular canal
- endocardial cushions approach each other and fuse to form right and left atrioventricular canals
goal of dividing the common atrium
turn common atrium into right and left atrium with communication
first step of dividing the common atrium
septum primum grows from the roof of atrium toward endocardial cushions