Embryology Flashcards
when does vascular sys develop in embryo
3rd week
no longer able to satisfy nutritional requirements by diffusion from mother
day #?: heart tube formed
21 days
day #?: folding of heart in embryo
22 days
day #?: looping of heart tube
23 days
largest category of human birth defects
heart and vascular abnorm
day #?: formation of ventricles
40 days
day #?: hematopoiesis and and vasculogenesis
17 days
sites of hematopoiesis in gestation
(month 1) yolk sac –> liver–>spleen–>bone marrow (birth)
what cells form blood vessels (vasculogenesis)
mesoderm cells –> endothelial cells–>vasculogenic cord forms
what regulates endothelial cell differentiation
transcription factors: Fox/Hox/Sox
steps in blood vessel proliferation (angiogenesis) (4)
1) proliferation of endothelial cells
2) migration
3) sprouting
4) intussusception (splitting)
day #?: extraembryonic blood vessel formation (blood islands)
19 days
what shuts help heart in utero to function as “1 chamber” (2)
inter-atrial and ductus arteriosus
L atria–>R
pulmonary trunk –> aortic arch
lungs not functioning*
in utero: where in circulatory system is circulation resistance high/low (pulmonary vs systemic?)
High: pulmonary system; lungs not functioning*
right side of heart
Low: systemic system; placenta=low pressure
left side of heart
when do shunts in heart close?
at birth
after birth: where in circulatory system is circulation resistance high/low (pulmonary vs systemic?)
after shunts close:
High: left side of heart (to body)
Low: right side of heart (to lungs)
what induces the development of the cardiogenic field
myocardial morphogenesis
transcription factors:
BMP, WNT, NKX
~day 17
what is cardiac jelly
~day 22
mesenchyme cells that make up endocardial tube
The gelatinous noncellular material between the endothelial lining and the myocardial layer of the heart
bulbus cordis becomes
~day 22
bulbed shaped portion of heart
becomes part of R ventricle blood outflow tract
what cells form the epicardium
mesothelial cells on surface of septum transversum
what divides to form the aorta and pulmonary artery
truncus arteriosus
what forms the coronary arteries (endothelial lining and smooth muscle)
~day 22
outer lay of mesothelial cells migrating from surface of septum transversum to form epicardium