Embryo- Development of the Great Vessels - Leah Hunter Flashcards
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______ & ______ form the common cardinal Vein.
Ant. and Post. cardinal vein form the common cardinal vein.
What 3 veins drain into the Sinus venous?
- Common cardinal V.
- Vitelline V.
- Umbilical V.
What is the function of the Vitelline V.?
Returns poorly oxygenate blood from umbilical vesicle (Yolk Sac)
What is the function of the Umbilical V.?
Carry well oxygenates blood from chronic sac.
What is the function of the Common cardinal vein?
Return oxygen poor blood from body. (Drains poorly oxygenated blood from embryo)
When does the shunt between the two anterior cardinal vv, form the left brachiocephalic V?
Week 8
______ formed by right anterior cardinal and common cardinal V.
SVC (superior Vena cava)
What has to happen first for the formation of the Ductus Venosus?
Right umbilical vein fully degenerates.
What forms Ductus Venosus?
Left umbilical vein
- part between heart and liver degenerates.
- Only vessel carrying oxygenated blood to embryonic heart.
What forms the hepatic portal system?
Right & left Vitelline veins caudal to the liver form the hepatic portal system.
What is the IVC made of?
4 segments of 4 different veins
How is the coronary sinus formed?
Left sinus venosus horn forms the coronary sinus
_______ is incorporated into the primordial right atrium to form sinus venarum (smooth area)
Right sinus venosus horn
How do pulmonary veins form?
Veins develop as outgrowth of the dorsal trail wall, just to the left of the septum premium…
As the atrium expands the primordial vein and its branches are incorporated into the wall of the left atrium, resulting in a mostly smooth wall.