Development of the Peritoneum and Foregut Flashcards
What kind of folding does the embryo undergo in the fourth week?
- Lateral
- Craniocaudal
What is the importance of lateral folding of the embryo?
- Creates ventral body wall
- Primitive gut becomes tubular
Draw a diagram illustrating lateral folding of the embryo.
Label the tubular primitive gut
What is the importance of craniocaudal folding of the embryo?
Creates cranial and caudal pockets from the yolk sac endoderm
What is the significance of the cranial and caudal pockets of the yolk sac endoderm?
It is the beginning of primitive gut development
Draw a diagram illustrating craniocaudal folding of the embryo
What is the primitive gut tube lined with?
Endoderm
What regions is the primitive gut tube divisible into?
- Foregut
- Midgut
- Hindgut
What is the importance of the divisions of the primitive gut tube?
They remain fundamental to the anatomy of the adult GI tract, and determine its nerve and blood supply
When does the development of the primitve gut tube begin?
In the 3rd week
What is the first step in the development of the primitive fut tube?
It ‘pinches off’ from the yolk sac cavity
Where does the primitive gut tube run?
From the stomatodeum rostrally to the procotdeum caudally
What is the stomatodeum?
Future mouth
What is the proctodeum?
Future anusu
Where does the primitive gut tube have an opening?
At the umbilicus
What is the opening at the umbilicus in the primitive gut tube called?
The vitelline duct
Where does the vitelline duct lead to?
The yolk sac
Draw a diagram of the primitive gut tube
What is the internal lining of the primitive gut tube derived from?
The endoderm (future epithelial linings)
What is the external lining of the primitive gut tube derived from?
Splanchnic mesoderm (future musculature, visceral peritoneum)
What is the primitive gut tube suspended in?
Intraembryonic coelom
What suspends the primitive gut tube in intraembryonic coelom?
A double layer of splanchnic mesoderm
What are the adult derivates of the foregut?
- Oesophagus
- Stomach
- Pancreas
- Liver
- Gall bladder
- Duodenum (proximal to entrance of bile duct)
What is the blood supply to the foregut?
Celiac trunk
What are the adult derivatives of the midgut?
- Duodenum (distal to entrance of bile duct)
- Jejenum
- Ileum
- Cecum
- Ascending colon
- Proximal 2/3 transverse colon
What is the blood supply of the midgut?
- Superior mesenteric artery (SMA)
- Superior mesenteric vein
What is the parasympathetic innervation of the midgut?
Vagus nerve
What is the sympathetic innervation of the midgut?
Superior mesenteric ganglion and plexus
What are the adult derivatives of the hindgut?
- Distal 1/3 of transverse colon
- Descending colon
- Sigmoid colon
- Rectum
- Upper anal canal
- Internal lining of bladder and urethra
What is the blood supply of the hindgut?
- Inferior mesenteric artery (IMA)
- Inferior mesenteric vein (IMV)
What is the parasympathetic innervation of the hindgut?
Pelvic N. (S2/3/4)
What is the sympathetic innervation of the hindgut?
Inferior mesenteric ganglion and plexus
What is the mesoderm surrounding the gut split into?
Two layers;
- Somatic mesoderm
- Splanchnic mesoderm
What does the somatic mesoderm surrounding the gut develop into?
Muscles and fasciae of the abdominal wall
What does the splanchnic mesoderm surrounding the gut develop into?
The smooth muscles of the gut wall
What is the space created by the split in the mesoderm surronding the gut called?
The coelomic cavity
What is the significance of the coelomic cavity?
It is the forerunner of the pleural cavity and peritoneal cavity
What does the coelomic cavity surround?
The primitive gut
What happens as lateral folding of the embryo progresses?
The two sides of the developing anterolateral abdominal wall meet in the midline, forming the linea alba
How many openings are left once the linea alba has formed?
One, at the umbilicus
What is each side of the anterolateral abdominal wall formed of?
Three layers of muscle;
- External oblique
- Internal oblique
- Transversus abdominis
What is found anteriorly to the three layers of muscle forming the anterolateral abdominal wall?
A fourth muscle, the rectus abdominis
What is found deep to all the muscle layers in the anterolateral abdominal wall?
Transversalis fascia
What lies externally to the anterolateral abdominal wall?
Superficial fascia and skin
What do the muscles and fascia of the abdoinal wall develop from?
Somatic mesoderm
Label this diagram
- A - Rectus abdominis
- B - Linea alba
- C - External oblique
- D - Internal oblique
- E - Transverse abdominis
- F - Transversalis fascia
- G - Peritoneum
What is the inguinal canal?
An oblique passage through the layers of the abdominal wall
What is the significance of the inguinal canal in males?
It allows the passage of the developing testis into the scrotum
Do the testis pierce the abdominal wall?
No
How do the testis get to their final position during development?
The abdominal wall pushes them out ahead of its passage