Embryology Flashcards
What gene is a transcription factor for establishing left sidedness?
PTX2
Define gastrulation
formation of germ layers
What structures develop from embryonic ectoderm?
Skin
CNS
PNS
Ear
Nose
Throat
What structures develop from embryonic endoderm?
Epithelial lining of respiratory system
GIT
Glands
Liver
Pancreas
Urinary bladder
What structures develop from embryonic mesoderm?
Muscles
Bones
Cartilage
Urogenital system
What week is the gut tube formed?
During 3rd and 4th
What gives rise to parietal and visceral mesoderm?
Lateral plate mesoderm
What is the gut tube closed by at its cranial end?
Oropharyngeal membrane
What is the gut tube closed by at its caudal end?
Cloacal membrane
What secretes sonic hedge hog cells?
Gut endodermal cells
What is the function of SHH?
Organisation of gut
Where does ventral mesentary form from?
Caudal end
What mesentery hangs gut tube from body wall?
Dorsal
Where does the oesophagus develop from?
The cranial part of the gut tube
What is the function of the Tracheo-oesophageal septum
Divides oesophagus from trachea
What does the lung bud develop from?
Outgrowth of the ventral wall of the foregut
What forms the stomach?
Foregut caudal of oesophagus dilates to form the stomach
What part of the stomach does the left vagus supply?
Anterior wall of stomach
What part of the stomach does the right vagus supply?
Posterior part of stomach
What is the stomach attached to the dorsal and ventral wall by?
A mesentery called mesogastrium
What forms the lesser sac?
Rotation along the longitudinal axis pulling the dorsal mesentery to the left
What is the duodenum formed from?
Caudal part of the foregut
Cranial part of the midgut