Embryology III Flashcards
What are the three parts of the gut tube?
- Foregut
- Midgut
- Hindgut
What are the parts of the foregut?
Esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder/bile ducts, pancreas, spleen, upper duodenum
What are the parts of the midgut?
Lower duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, appendix, ascending colon, proximal 2/3 of transverse colon
What are the parts of the hindgut?
Distal 1/3 of transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, upper anal canal
What is recanalization?
Perforation of the gut tube
What is stenosis?
A congenital malformation in which partial canalization occurs
What is atresa? How does it present?
A congenital malformation in which no canalization occurs; cannot pass waste, presents with vomiting
Which mesentery is found only in the foregut?
Ventral mesentery
What are the two parts of the ventral mesentery?
- Falciform ligament
2. Lesser omentum
Describe the dorsal mesentery.
Forms the posterior wall of the gut tube, spans the entire length of the gut
The left umbilical vein (there is only one umbilical vein) uses the ___ as a door to the liver. Later, this becomes obliterated to form ___.
Lower free edge of the falciform ligament; ligamentum teres (round ligament of liver)
Describe the rotation of the stomach.
Stomach moves 90 degrees to the right (clockwise) on the longitudinal axis
Describe the rotation of the midgut; how does this occur?
Midgut moves 270 degrees to the left (counterclockwise) using the SMA as an axis; physiological herniation
When does physiological herniation occur?
Between weeks 6-10
What is omphalocele?
Persistence of physiological herniation of abdominal contents into the umbilical cord (failure of return of intestine to abdominal cavity)
The liver, gallbladder, and biliary duct system arise as a ventral outgrowth known as the ___ from the distal part of the foregut early in the fourth week.
Hepatic diverticulum
What does the ventral pancreatic bud become?
Uncinate process, part of head and main pancreatic duct
What does the dorsal pancreatic bud become?
Remaining pancreas
What normally happens to the pancreatic buds?
They fuse.