Embryology Flashcards
What is congenital short oesophagus/congenital hiatus hernia
Oesophagus is to short & stomach is pulled into thoracic cavity
What is congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
Pyloric sphincter is abnormally thick & prevent chyme from entering duodenum leading to projectile vomiting
What is duodenal atresia
Duodenum does not recanalise & lead to projectile vomiting
What is biliary atresia
Biliary duct does not recanalise & if upper portion it can be surgically corrected otherwise liver transplant required
What is omphalocoele
It is when the gut loop’s physiological herniated do not renter the body again & are w/i umbilical cord covered by peritoneal layer
What is gastroschisis
Bowel prolapses through a defect in abdominal wall due to incomplete lateral folding & not covered by peritoneal layer
What is imperforate anus
Failure of cloacal membrane breaking down completely when mesoderm comes between endoderm & ectoderm
What is Hirschsprung’s disease/congenital aganglionic megacolon
Neural plexus of gut fails to develop in colon above anus making it difficult to pass resulting in enlarged bowel
What is Merkel’s diverticulum
Out pouching of gut tube where vitelline duct joins bowel & if connected to cord it can loop & cause obstruction
What is 3 possible complications of Merkel’s diverticulum
- Form a site w/ possibility of infection (diverticulitis)
- Ulcer & cyst formation due to abnormal mucosa
- Formation of fistula
What is part of hindgut
Distal 1/3 of transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon & upper anal canal
From what does the lower anal canal form & what is it
Proctodeum
A piece of ectoderm below cloacal membrane
What is the urorectal septum
Divide cloaca into anterior urogenital sinus & posterior anal canal
When does the primitive gut tube form
3rd week
What is the extend of the primitive gut tube
Buccopharyngeal membrane to cloacal membrane
What does the midgut consist of
Small intestine: distal half of duodenum, jejunum, ileum
Large intestine: caecum, appendix, ascending colon & proximal 2/3 of transverse colon
What is physiological herniation
Gut tube loops into viteline duct & develop inside umbilical cord w/ superior mesenteric artery in between the 2 loops