Digestive System Flashcards
During body folding (week 4) endoderm is incorporated into…
epithelial lining
Glands of GI tract
Foregut forms during….
head fold
Hindgut forms during…
Tail fold
Midgut forms during
Lateral folding
Cloacal membrane ruptures when?
around the 8th week
the rupture allows the urination.. and etc.
Splanchnic mesoderm form what structures?
Splanchnic = visceral, so it is mesoderm related to organs…
- smooth muscle
- CT of Gi tract
- Visceral peritoneum
- Mesentery (Dorsal/Ventral)
What makes the parietal peritoneum?
somatic mesoderm
What is the function of mesenteries?
Suspend organs from the body wall
Any mesentery at the level of stomach is called???
Mesogastrium
Ventral mesogastrium?
Lesser Omentum = Hepatogastric + Hepatoduodenal ligaments
Falciform ligament
Dorsal mesogastrium?
Greater omentum
During week 5-7: ectoderm (neural crest) enters the GI tract to form?
Enteric nervous system
GI tract is divided into…
Foregut
Midgut
Hindgut
Arterial supply to the Gut regions
Pharynx: pharyngeal arch aa.
Foregut: celiac trunk
Midgut: superior mesenteric a. (SMA)
Hindgut: inferior mesenteric a. (IMA)
Foregut derivatives include? (including organs)
Pharynx Lower Resp system Esophagus Stomach Proximal 1/2 of duodenum
Organs:
Liver, GB, Biliary system, Pancreas
During week 4, what structure appears on ventral side of the foregut that will become the trachea + respiratory tree & lungs?
Respiratory diverticulum
Dorsal side of stomach becomes? and when?
Greater curvature, week 4