Embryo IV Flashcards
Which part of the GI system is most commonly involved in pathology and developmental defects in the GI system?
Midgut
Where is the lining of the entire gut tube derived from?
Endoderm
T or F: endoderm gives rise to the smooth muscle, connective tissue and vascualture of the wall of the gut tube
False, the mesoderm gives rise to these structures
What is the blood supply and parasympathetic innervation to the foregut?
- Celiac trunk
- vagus nn.
What is the blood supply and parasympathetic innervation to the Midgut?
- Superior mesenteric a.
- vagus nn.
What is the blood supply and parasympathetic innervation to the Hindgut?
- Inferior mesenteric a.
- Pelvic Splanchnic nn.
What provides sympathetic innervation to the foregut?
Preganglionics:
- Greater Thoracic Splanchnic (T5-T9)
Postganglionics:
-Celiac and superior mesenteric ganglia
What provides sympathetic innervation to the midgut?
Preganglionics:
-Lesser Thoracic splanchnic (T10-T11)
Postganglionics:
- Celiac ganglia
- Superior mesenteric ganglia
What provides sympathetic innervation to the hindgut?
Preganglionics:
-Lumbar Splanchnic NN. (L1-L2)
Postganglionics:
-Inferior mesenteric ganglion
What are the Adult derivatives of the foregut?
Pharynx –> Duodenum (1st and 2nd)
- Pharynx (top)
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- DUODENUM (1ST AND 2ND PTS) (bottom)
Liver, Gallbladder, Biliary apparatus, Pancreas
What are the adult derivatives of the midgut?
DUODENUM (PTS 2, 3, 4) –> Proximal 2/3 of TRANSVERSE COLON
- DUODENUM (pts 2,3,4)
- Jejunum
- Ilium
- CECUM
- APPENDIX
- ASCENDING COLON
- TRANSVERSE COLON (PROX. 2/3)
What are the adult derivatives of the hindgut?
TRANSVERSE COLON (DISTAL 1/3) –> Anal canal (abv. pectinate line)
- TRANSVERSE COLON (DIST. 1/3)
- DESCENDING COLON
- SIGMOID COLON
- rectum
- Anal canal (abv. pect. ln)
When does formation of the gut tube begin and as a consequence of what?
4th week
Results from body foldings laterally and from head to tail
T or F: by the 4th week of development the endodermal layer is lining the trilaminar disc as well as the upper part of the yolk sac.
True
Describe how the linea alba is formed?
- Lateral folds form on both sides and include all 3 germ layers
- In about a week these move ventrally and fuse at the midline
- This fusion = linea alba
What part of the yolk sac is the primative gut tube derived from and how does this happen?
Derived from the upper endoderm lined part
- Part of yolk sac is formed by lateral body foldings
- Ventral folding causes endoderm lined part to get pinched off and internalized
- Vitillline duct is left as the only narrow communication between primative gut tube and yolk sac
What embryonic structure is the forerunner to the pleural, pericardial, and peritoneal cavities?
Embryonic coelum
What kind of folding results in the formation of foregut, hindgut, and midgut?
- head to tail body folding
- foregut = anterior
- hindgut = posterior
- midgut = in between
When does the vitelline duct close?
w8 -9
T or F: the foregut undergoes a 270º clockwise rotation in development
False, it undergoes a 90º clockwise rotation
-Note: this is relative to the viewer looking at the fetus not the fetus
Describe what happens during midgut rotation. What is the axis of this rotation?
- 270º counterclockwise rotation
- axis = SMA
What is herniation and why does it occur?
- midgut is forced out because the liver takes up so much space
Note: elongation and herniation occur in weeks 6-10
The hindgut does not require rotation but rather ____________.
Septation
What double layered reflection of visceral peritoneum suspends the primitive gut tube?
mesentery (dorsal and ventral for foregut, rest is dorsal only)
-Note: This serves as a conduit for the passage of neruovascular structures to the abdominal viscera
What part of the primitive gut tube is attached by both dorsal and ventral mesenteries?
Foregut
What 3 organs have both intraperitoneal and retroperioneal portions?
- Duodenum (1st pt. intraperitoneal)
- Colon (transverse and sigmoid intraperitoneal)
- Pancreas (tail intraperitoneal)
Which mesentery is the liver and biliary system formed in?
- Ventral, thus all adult peritoneal attachments to the liver develope from the ventral embryonic mesentery
What are the components of the ventral mesentery?
- Faciform ligament contains:
a. ligamentum teres - Lesser omentum consisting of:
a. hepatogastric ligament
b. hepatoduodenal ligament
What ligament of the lesser omentum conveys the structures in the portal triad (porper hepatic a., hepatic portal v., common bile duct)
Hepatoduodenal ligament
What is the only foregut viscera that developes from mesoderm?
Spleen
In what mesentery does the spleen develope?
Dorsal embryonic mesentery
T or F: the gastrosplenic ligament is between the spleen and lesser curvature of the stomach
False, the gastrosplenic ligament is between the spleen and greater curvature of the stomach
Note: the lesser curvature is attached to structures derived from the ventral embryonic mesentery
Between the Splenorenal and gastrorenal ligaments, which is the most important and why?
- Splenorenal ligament
- Contains Splenic vessels and tail of the pancreas
T or F: the splenorenal ligament is one of 3 ligaments that comprise the greater omentum.
False, the gastrosplenic ligament is one of the 3 ligaments comprising the greater omentum (gastrocolic and gastrophrenic are the others)
Describe the placement of the liver and spleen prior to foregut rotation.
Spleen at 12:00
Liver at 6:00
-Stomach acting as the axis of rotation
Describe the placment of the liver and spleen following foregut rotation.
Spleen from 12:00 to 3:00 (into left upper quadrant)
Liver from 6:00 to 9:00 (into right upper quadrant)