Exam 2 Flashcards
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- Describe how the three primary germ layers contribute to the formation of the GI tract.
- Endoderm creates the lining of the primitive gut tube and mesoderm becomes the visceral and parietal peritoneum
- Describe the role of the embryonic body in folding in the formation of the primitive gut.
- Lateral folding contributes to folding the midgut tube and the cloacal/caudal folding contributes to forming the foregut and hindgut.
- List the three divisions of the gut tube and describe the cranial and caudal boundaries of each division. List the arterial supply of each division.
- Foregut: Everything that is supplied by the celiac trunk. The cranial boundary is the oropharyngeal membrane and the caudal boundary is just below the liver primordium (in the adult it is the major papilla of the duodenum)
Midgut: Everything that is supplied by SMA. The cranial boundary is just below the liver primordium and the caudal boundary will extend to the end of the proximal 2/3 of the transverse colon
Hindgut: Everything that is supplied by the IMA. The cranial boundary is the distal 1/3 of the transverse colon down to the cloacal membrane.
- Define peritoneum and mesentery. Define intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal.
- Peritoneum is a serous membrane that lines the walls of abdominal cavity. A mesentery is a double fold of peritoneum. Intraperitoneal is an organ that is connected to the posterior wall by a mesentery, retroperitoneal is when an organ lies against the posterior wall and is not connected via a mesentery.
- Describe the dorsal mesentery and list the divisions of this mesentery.
- The dorsal mesentery is an embryonic mesentery made from visceral mesoderm that extends from the lower end of the esophagus to the cloacal region of the hindgut.
a. Divisions: Dorsal mesogastrium (greater omentum), mesoduodenum (in the region of the duodenum), dorsal mesocolon (mesentery in region of colon), mesentery proper (connects to jejunum and ileum)
- Describe the ventral mesentery and the structures that arise from the ventral mesentery.
- The ventral mesentery is derived from the septum transversum.
a. Structures arising from it: Falciform ligament and lesser omentum of the liver and central tendon of the diaphragm.
- List the derivatives of the foregut.
- The derivatives of the foregut are the biliary apparatus, esophagus, trachea, stomach, pancreas, duodenum, lungs, liver
a. Describe the role that the respiratory diverticulum plays in dividing the foregut into the respiratory primordium and the esophagus.
a. The respiratory diverticulum is a blunt end pouch. This diverticulum grows cloacally and as it does, tracheoesophageal ridges form. These ridges eventually grow larger and fuse with one another forming the tracheoesophageal septum separating the trachea from the esophagus.
b. Describe the process of stomach growth and rotation. How does stomach rotation affect the final positioning the left and right vagus nerves?
b. The stomach begins growth by rotating 90 degrees clockwise. As a result of this the previous left side is now anterior and the previous right side is now posterior (leading to the right and left vagus nerves innervating the posterior and anterior of the stomach respectively). After this rotation the new left side grows faster than the new right side and as a result we get a greater and lesser curvature of the stomach. Finally the cardia will grow inferior and slightly to the left as the pylorus grows superior and to the right.
- Describe how stomach rotation leads to the formation of the omental bursa (lesser peritoneal sac).
- As the stomach rotates it pulls the dorsal mesogastrium with it, resulting in the dorsal mesogastrium looping around behind the stomach. The space that is created between the dorsal mesogastrium and the stomach is known as the omental bursa.
- Describe the formation of the spleen.
- The spleen primordium begins as a mesodermal proliferation between the two peritoneal layers of the dorsal mesogastrium. As the dorsal mesogastrium swings dorsally and fuses with the posterior wall the spleen swings to the left of the body. The spleen now remaining intraperitoneal is connected to the posterior near the kidneys by the lienorenal ligament and to the stomach by the gastrolieneal ligament.
- Describe the formation of the greater omentum.
Stomach rotation pushes part of the dorsal mesogastrium toward the anterior of the body. As this mesogastrium grows it grows inferior in front of the forming intestines. This loop of mesentery fuses and becomes 4 fused layers of peritoneum.
- Describe the formation of the duodenum. Discuss the rotation process that occurs such that the duodenum reaches its final position.
- The duodenum is formed from the terminal end of the foregut and the cephalic end of the hindgut. As the stomach rotates it also rotates the duodenum. As the pancreas rapidly grows It pushed the duodenum to the right creating the C shape. Both these structures then push against the posterior wall to become retroperitoneal.
- Describe the formation of the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts.
- The liver begins to grow off of the duodenum as a liver bud (primordium). This bud begins to grow faster and penetrates the septum transversum (bare area). The connection between the liver and duodenum begins to narrow which forms the common bile duct. Ventrally off of this bile duct grows the gallbladder and cystic duct.
- Describe the formation of the pancreas. Discuss the rotation of the ventral bud. What portions of the pancreas are formed by the dorsal bud? What portions are formed by the ventral bud?
- The pancreas begins two separate buds (ventral and dorsal) the ventral bud during stomach rotation swings dorsally and fuses with the dorsal bud. The ventral bud creates the uncinate process of the head and the dorsal creates the head proper, neck, body, and tail.
- Define the main pancreatic duct (of Wirsung) and the accessory pancreatic duct (of Santorini). Describe their development in terms of the contributions of the dorsal and ventral pancreatic buds.
- The main pancreatic duct of Wirsung is made up of the duct from the uncinate process and the distal portion of the dorsal duct. This duct drains into the major papilla. The accessory duct (of Santorini) is formed by the proximal duct of the dorsal bud and empties into the minor papilla.
- Describe the boundaries of the midgut in the adult.
- The boundaries of the midgut in the adult is just distal the major papilla all the way through the proximal 2/3 the transverse colon.
- Discuss the formation of the primary intestinal loop. What structures arise from the cephalic limb? What structures arise from the caudal limb?
- The primary intestinal loop is a projection of the embryonic intestine that was forced out of the abdominal cavity into the extraembryonic cavity due to rapid liver growth. This loop is composed of a cephalic and caudal limb. The cephalic limb is responsible for the distal of the duodenum, jejunum, and most of the ileum. The caudal limb is responsible for forming the lower part of the ileum, the cecum, ascending colon, hepatic flexure, and proximal 2/3 of transverse colon.
- Describe the process of midgut rotation. What structure serves as the axis of rotation for this process?
- Midgut rotation occurs around SMA. Upon physiological umbilical herniation the intestines rotate 90 degrees in a counterclockwise manner. As they are pulled back into the abdominal cavity they rotate another 180 degrees to give a total of 270 degrees of rotation.
- Describe the process of physiological umbilical herniation. When does it occur?
- This is the outpouching of the intestines into the extraembryonic cavity during the sixth week.
- Describe the three vitelline duct abnormalities discussed in class: Meckel diverticulum, vitelline cyst, and vitelline fistula.
- Meckels diverticulum is when the vitelline duct persists as an outpouching of the ileum. The vitelline cyst is when both ends of the duct form fibrous cords and the middle part of the duct persists. The vitelline fistula is when the vitelline remains patent over the entire length and doesn’t close off to the outside.
- Describe the mesenteries of the midgut.
- The mesenteries of the midgut are the mesentery proper (small intestine) and the transverse mesocolon.
- List the derivatives of the hindgut.
- The hindgut creates the rest of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, upper anal canal.
- Describe the role of that the urorectal septum plays in separating the urinary tract from the GI tract.
- The urorectal septum separates the cloacal membrane into two separate membranes, the urogenital and the anal.