Embryology 1 Flashcards
From what embryonic tissue is the circulatory system derived?
The lateral plate splanchnic mesoderm
Where are the first blood vessels found?
In the walls of hte tolk sac, allantois, connecting stalk and chorion.
How are the two primitive heart tubes formed?
Aniogenic cell islands coalesce in the lateral plate splanchnic mesoderm
Then migrate towards the midline
Then become paired angioblastic cords before becoming heart tubes
The 2 heart tubes form to make one primitive heart tube, what are its sections?
From cranial to caudal:
- Truncus Arteriosus
- Bulbus Cordis
- Primitive Ventricle
- Primitive Atrium
- Sinus Venosus
Describe the structure of the sinus venosus/
Two horns
Each horn divides to drain blood from 3 areas:
- Yolk sac via vitelline vein
- Placenta via umbilical vein
- Embryo’s body via common cardinal vein
What happens above the truncus arteriosus?
The top of the TA forms the aortic sac which divides into two horns each with 6 arches that terminate in a R & L dorsal Aorta
How does the heart tube become the shape of the adult heart?
The BC and ventricle grow faster than the rest of it causing it to loop to the right forming a caridac (bulboventricular) loop.
How does dextrocardia occur?
The heart tube loops to the left instead of right so it ends up facing the right.
What is the final fate of the bulbus cordis?
The Bc forms the right ventricle and parts of the outflow tracts (aorta & pulmonary trunk)
What is the adult form the primitive ventricle?
the left ventricle
What does the primitive atrium becomes?
Left atrium and parts of right.
What does the sinus vensosus become?
The SVC and the right atrium
How is the common atrioventricular canal seperated into left and right?
By formation of endocardial cushions
In short how are the atria seperated?
By the formation of two adjacent septa each with a foramen that eventually close after birth
What are the two septa and foramen in the atria?
Septum Primum - Foramen secundum
Septum Secundum - Foramen Ovale
What are the remains of the foramen ovale left behind in an adult?
The fossa ovalis in the interatrial septum
What is the function of the foramen ovale?
To allow blood to bypass the lungs passing straight through a valve from right to left atria.
Whats another name for foramen?
Ostium
To which side is each atrial septum?
The septum secundum is to the right of the septum primum