Embryology Flashcards
Where is the Cardiogenic Plate located at in the 3rd week
at the cranial part of
the trilaminar disc
What is the sequence of forming heart chambers
Primitive Blood Vessels → Two
Endocardial Tubes → Single
Endocardial Tube = Primitive Heart
Tube → Cardiac Loop → 4 Primordial
Heart Chambers
At the end of which week the fetal heart forms
By the end of the 8th week
Cardiac progenitor cells begin to form
in the middle of the 3rd week in the epiblast layer,
lateral to the primitive streak
These cells migrate through the primitive streak to an area that is rostral to the
buccopharyngeal membrane in the
splanchnic mesoderm.
The underlying endoderm induces these cells to differentiate into:
- Blood Islands: consists of precursor blood cells and angioblasts
- Myoblasts: will develop into the myocardium
the cardiogenic plate consists of two laterally placed endocardial tubes
surrounded by myoblasts and is
thus referred to as the
primordium of the heart
As the neural tube grows and closes, the primordium of the heart will shift
position from
rostral to the buccopharyngeal membrane to the thoracic region
The two endocardial tubes fuse to form the
primitive heat tube
As the primitive heart tube is forming, angiogenic cells appear on both sides,
close to the midline and will develop into the
paired dorsal aortae
At their cephalic end, the paired dorsal aortae bend around the developing
embryo and are attached to the cephalic end of the primitive heart tube
forming the
aortic arches
How many pairs of aortic arches will develop sequentially
6
The primitive heart tube shifts its
position into the pericardial cavity
which is formed by the
intraembryonic cavity
The primitive heart tube is held in
position by the
dorsal mesocardium
dorsal mesocardium which will disappear leaving a space
called the
transverse pericardial sinus
The myocardium thickens and
secretes an extracellular matrix called
the
cardiac jelly
the primitive heart tube has
three layers:
- Endocardium: the innermost lining
of the heart - Myocardium: the middle layer,
which contains muscle cells - Epicardium: the outer lining (or
visceral pericardium)
The primitive heart tube
consists of 4 subdivisions.
From caudal to cranial the
subdivisions are:
- Sinus Venosus
- Primitive Atrium
- Primitive Ventricle
- Bulbus Cordis
Sinus Venosus: paired structures which receives three sets of veins:
- Umbilical Veins: from the placenta
- Vitelline Veins: from the yolk sac
- Cardinal Veins: from the body of embryo
Primitive Atrium:
a single structure continuous with the sinus venosus
Primitive Ventricle:
will become the left ventricle
- That part of the endocardial tube between the atrium and ventricle is the
atrioventricular canal
Bulbus Cordis: 1. Caudal 1/3:
will become the trabeculated part of the right ventricle
Bulbus Cordis: Middle 1/3:
will become the conus cordis which will form the outflow tracts of
both ventricles
Bulbus Cordis: Cranial 1/3:
will become the truncus arteriosus, which is continuous with the
aortic arches and will form the roots and first part of the:
a. Aorta
b. Pulmonary trunk
The first heartbeat occurs at
22 days
The first heartbeat originates in the
myocardium,
forming peristalsis-like waves
beginning in the sinus venosus.
By the end of week ___ coordinated
contractions of the heart results in
unidirectional blood flow:
4
What is the route of blood at the end of week 4
Blood enters the sinus venous (from
the vitelline, cardinal and umbilical
veins) → the primitive atrium → the
primitive ventricle → the bulbus
cordis → the aortic sac → the aortic
arches → the dorsal aortae for
distributions to the embryo, yolk
sac and placenta
As the primitive heart elongates and grows rapidly, bends and forms the
cardiac
loop,
cardiac loop is finished by day
28
The cranial end grows
ventrally and to the right
The caudal end grows
dorsally and to the left
Sinus Vensous Derivatives
Left Horn →
the coronary sinus and
oblique vein of the left atrium.
Sinus Vensous Derivatives
Right Horn →
the smooth part of
the right atrium (sinus venarum)