Development of Vasculature Flashcards
What are the 3 different components of the venous system?
Vitelline (yolk sac); cardinal (systemic); umbilical
Where does the formation of the 1st blood cells and vessels occur?
In the yolk sac (week 3)
What are hemangioblasts?
Progenitors that form the blood islands
What do hemangioblasts differentiate into?
Hematopoietic stem cells; endothelial precursor cells
What are endothelial precursor cells?
Wall of blood vessels
What are haematopoietic stem cells?
Immature cells that can develop into all types of blood cells, including white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets
As the yolk sac is not big enough, what organ takes over to perform haematopoisesis?
Liver (week 4)
After the liver takes over, in week 10/10.5 what then replaces the liver to perform haematopoisesis?
Bone marrow
What is haemoatopoisesis?
Blood cell production
Where do the earliest vessels come from?
Vasculogensis
What is vasculogensis?
Endothelial precursor cells join to form vesicles that form enlongated tubes
What takes over vasculogenesis?
Angiogenesis
What is angiogenesis?
When old vessels sprout new vessels
How many pairs of aortic arches are there?
6 (in pharyngeal arches)
What happens do the 1st and 2nd aortic pairs?
They are obliterated
Name the 1st and 2nd pair of aortic arches?
Maxillary; Stapedial
What happens to the 5th pair of aortic arches?
Disappears/has no function/absent
What are the 3rd pair of aortic arches?
Common carotid artery; first part of internal carotid artery
What are the 4th pair of aortic arches?
Left side contributes to part of the aortic arch and right side contributes the subclavian artery
What are the 6th pair of aortic arches?
Sprout branches that form pulmonary artery, ductus arteriosus on the left, and communicates with the aorta
What branch do the external carotid arteries come from?
Internal carotid artery
Describe the development of the 6th aortic arch pair
Initially forms communication on the left as the ductus arteriosus; main branch grows into the lungs giving pulmonary vasculature (cranial nerve is associated with this)
What is the right recurrent nerve trapped by?
Right subclavian artery
What fuses to create the aorta?
Left and right aortae (gives many branches)
What in the yolk sac connects with the embryonic vasculature?
Vitelline veins, arteries and vessels
What else do the structures in the yolk sac do?
Grow out of the sac towards mid gut creating vessels that connect the dorsal aorta
What is the yolk sac associated with?
3 vessels that supply the abdominal gut (midgut, hindgut, foregut)
What do the lateral branches of the dorsal aorta supply?
Structures in the abdominal cavity (i.e suprarenal cavity; gonadal artery)
What artery is associated with the thoracic region?
Intercostal artery
What artery is associated with the lumbar region?
Lumbar artery