Development of the Heart and Thoracic Arteries Flashcards
thoracic arteries are the developmental roots for
pulmonary system, aorta to link in with the rest of the body
thoracic arteries develop from
selective retention and degeneration of aortic arches
embryo blood flow initially
cranial to caudal
start to finish overview of heart foliding
start with a symmetric heart tube and gradually change to a 4 chambered heart using looping and septaation, separation of outflow, develop thoracic arteries from aortic arches
septation
accomplished with endocardial cushions
separate outflow track
acomplished with endocarddial cushions as well. separate into systemic and pulmonary
Initial heart tube formation
formed by fusion of left and right cariogenic mesoderm
early heart tube outflow and inflow track formation
early heart tube is augmented by head mesodermal cells which form cranial outflow and caudal inflow tracts
common outflow tract regions
divided into proximal (bulbs cordis) and distal (truncus arteriosus) regions
inflow tract composition
composed of pairs horns of sinus venousus
cranial to caudal blood flow pattern
blood flows from embryonic tissues through sinus venous into single atrium then into bulboventricle then through outflow (bulbs cordis and truncus arteriosus) and out ventral aorta via a series of paired aortic arches
septa formed during heart development
atrioventricular, inter ventricular, and interatrail septa with in heart and spiral septum in outflow tract
looping during heart development
This is step 1; loops because ends are fixed, this is under genetic control, heart tube will bend ventrally and twist to the right shifting ventricles caudally, sinus venous will undergo remodeling to establish right sided asymmetry of venous inflow to adult heart
sinus venous becomes..
vena cava
looping followed by__ in tube formation
formation of septa that divide the lumen into chambers via endocardial cushions
endocardial cushions are
specialized endothelial cells
intracardiac septation
involves creation of right and left ventricle and A-V canals, left and right atria, and pulmonary (right) and systemic (left) outflows and closing of intraventricular foramen
from tube to 4 chambered heart steps
- looping of heart tube
- formation of series of partial or complete partitions (septa) with in the heart
- interventricular
- atrioventricular
- interatrial septa - formation of partitions in the outflow tract (spiral septum)
formation of left and right ventricles
separated by inter ventricular septa; the common bulboventrical separation begins with formation of bulboventriclar sulcus along caudal ventral surface of looped heart which corresponds to ridge that projects into bulboventricle this ridge will become muscular (apical) part of interventriclar septum which separates left and right ventricles (at this initial state the separation is not complete and intraventricular foramen is allowing blood flow between sides of bulboventricle). As IV septum forms there is asymmetric growth of common atrium and the ventricles, the atrioventricular canal (passage between atrium and ventricles) shifts from left side to midline position overlying IV septum allowing blood to flow from single atrium through A-V canal into right and left ventricles and exiting via common outflow channel, need to separate into L and R canals. AV endocardial cushions form on dorsal and ventral margins of atrioventricular canal and protrude into lumen these expand and fuse forming r and l a-v canals
creating left and right atria
single atria into left and right atria involves formation of two membranous intratrail septa
1. septum primum
2. septum secundum
This will ultimately allow embryo to shunt oxygenated blood heart away from lungs and provide means of blocking inter-atrial blood flow at birth when the pressure gradient is altered
septum primum
first of the two septal involved in forming left and right atria, forms along roof of atrium and grows inwards to fuse with A-V cushions, perforations will form in the dorsal part of the septum forming a new opening, foramen secundum which allows blood to flow freely between left and right parts of atrium
septum secundum
forms to the right of septum premium also grows into the atrium but doesn’t close leaving the foramen ovale
outflow tract -> vessels
during simple body plan outflow tract of heart is single tube with proximal bulbs cordis and distal truncus arteriosus connecting ventral aorta to series of paired aortic arches which will later give rise to important thoracic and cranial vessels (aorta, main pulmonary artery)