Embryology Flashcards
What is angiogenesis/ vasculogenesis?
Formation of new blood vessels from spaces lined by angioplasty
What is an angioblast?
Primordia of vascular endothelial cells that form within the mesoderm and spontaneously form blood vessels
What is an atrial septal defect?
A hole in the septum that divides the 2 atria
Why does an atrial septal defect commonly occur?
The septum secundum fails to completely cover the foramen secundum
Bulbus cordis dorms what with the truncus arteriosus?
The outflow tract of the primitive heart tube
What are cardinal veins?
System of veins draining the head and body of the developing embryo, joining the sinus venosus
What is the cardiogenic region?
The region of mesoderm at the anterior end of the trilaminar disk that will give risk to endocadial tubes
What is the conus cordis/ conus arteriosus?
Segment of bulbus cordis that forms the route of the truncus arteriosus
What is the Crista terminalis?
Dividing line between smooth walled atrium(sinus venosis) and rough walled atrium (primitive)
What is the ductus arteriosis?
The fetal shunt connecting the pulmonary trunk to the aorta to bypass the lungs in utero
What’s the ductus venosus?
Fetal shunt directing oxygenated blood carried by umbilical vein from the placenta to inferior vena cava passing the liver
What are the endocardial cushions?
4 structures responsible for septation within the heart, loose connective tissue covered by endothelium
What forms the primitive heart tube when they fuse during embryonic folding?
Endocardial tube
What’s the foramen ovale?
Hole in septum secundum allowing right to left shunt
What is a patent ductus arteriosus?
Failure of closure of the ductus arteriosus