Embryological Development of Cardiovascular system Dr. Cole Flashcards
Timeline: cardiovascular plan begin week ___ and present by week _____
3 and present by week 4
first system to develop
embryo can no longer meet nutritional or oxygen needs by diffusion
Development of CVS begins with the migration of _____ cells toward the _____
epiblast cells toward the primary heart field
cardiac progenitor cells = epiblast cells
where is the primary heart field?
surrounding the cranial neural folds
PHF cell migration
during migration they are specified to form left AND right sides:
this includes atria, left ventricle and some of the right ventricles
PHF forms the
atria, left ventricle and some of the right ventricle
SHG
secondary heart field, responsible for forming outflow tract
consisting of conus cordis amd truncus arteriosus
patterning of cardiac progenitor cells
occurs at the same time patterning of the rest of the embryo does
PITX2 programs heart cells in the primary and SHFs
gene/transcription factor PW that leads to development of PHF and SHF
5HT –> FGF8 –> Nodal/Lefty –> PitX2
PITX2 master gene for left sidedness
PITX2 problems —> (causes and outcomes)
SSRIs taken by new mothers —> interrupt PITX2 leding to heart defects
“a horseshoe shaped endothelial lined tube surrounded by myoblasts”
cardiogenic center formed when blood islands merge
this process begins when PHF progenitor cells are induced to form blood islands and cardiac myoblasts.
_____ tubes fuse to form a single primitive heart tube
endocardial
Embryonic circuit
series of aortic arches that connect to dorsal aortae
Cardinal veins
anterior and posterior cardinal veins drain developing embryo
“nursery for blood cells”
yolk sac
vitelline: supply and drain yolk sac “nursery for blood cells”
what veins drain into the sinus venosus
the anterior and posterior cardinal veins –> common cardinal vein –> sinus venosus
umbilical veins —> sinus venosus
vitelline —> sinus venosus
the embryonic vascular circuit is converted into
system and pulmonary portions
Embryonic structure and adult derivative
Truncus arteriosus —>
aorta, pulmonary trunk
Embryonic structure and adult derivative
Bulbus cordis —>
smooth part of right ventricle (conus cordis)
smooth part of the left ventricle (aortic vestibule (arotic vestibule)
Embryonic structure and adult derivative
Primitive ventricle
trabeculated part of left and right ventricles
Embryonic structure and adult derivative
Primitive atrium
Trabeculated part of right and left atria (auricles)
Embryonic structure and adult derivative
Sinus venosus
smooth part of the right atrium (sinus venarum), coronary sinus, oblique vein of left atrium
Blood flow through embryo
1 —> sinus venosus –> 2 —> 3 —-> 4
umbilical veins (from placenta) common cardinal vein (embryo) vitelline veins (yolk sac)
endocardial tube formation
Venous end is specified by
RA
endocardial tube formation
lower concentrations of RA specify
more anterior structures; ventricles amd outflow tract
by day 22, the fastest growing structures are
the truncus arteriosis
bulbus cordis
primitive ventricle
endocardial tube formation
what is it, and what does it become and how does it relate to the heart
it’s a primitive tube that arises out of blood islands combining
Day 23: the day the
endocardial tube begins to loop under the influecne of PITX2
the primitive ventricle and aorta bend around one another in which directions?
the ventricle bends inferiorly and the aorta bends superiorly making an S shape
the “shape” of the cardiac looping goes from ___ to ___
C to S
where is the fulcrum of bending in the primitive heart occur?
in the primitive ventricle: makes a V around an invisible fulcrum
Dextrocardia
heart is supposed to bend toward the left but in this condition the heart bends to the right and there is transposition of the great vessels
most common positional abnormality
Dextrocardia can occur at two times
during gastrulation or cardiac looping
Endocardial cushions
after folding, there is a narrow passage between PA and PV
dorsal and ventral blocks of tissue grow together
development of the tricuspid and bicuspid valves
the narrow AV cannel is formed after looping. dorsal and ventral masses fuse and separate Left and Right AV canals
“endocardial cushions” are the masses that
the critical “first step” in the formation of the 4 chambered heart
atrioventricular communis: fusion of endocardial cushions
Atrioventricular communis:
defect that occurs when the endocardial cushions fail to fuse, limits amount of blood that reaches the lungs
the effects of a common AV canal
enlargened pulmonary artery, decreased pulmonary resistance than in systemic circulation
Interventricular septum formation
Two parts: muscular portion devleoping in the midline of the floor of the primitive ventricle
grows upward towards endocardial cushions and down toward bulbar ridges
what defect results when the muscular midline of the interventricular septum fails to fuse
the r and l ventricles are not separated
most ventricular septal defects occur in the
the muscular portion (which are supposed to spontaneously close)
what kind of ventricular septum defect is most often correct by surgery?
membranous defect
VSD
ventricular septal defect
VSD causes
left to right ventricular shunting
acyanotic
(left to right shunting)