Formation Of Cardiac Loop Flashcards
1
Q
What is the name for the cardiac loop?
A
Bulboventricular loop
2
Q
How does the fused primitive heart tube fold into a loop?
A
The bulbus cordis and the ventricle grows much faster than other regions, forming a U-shaped bulboventricuclar loop
3
Q
When does the bulboventricular loop begin and finish?
A
Begins on day 22 and ends on 24
4
Q
What would happen if the bulboventricular fold ended up folding the other way?
A
It would result in dextrocardia - an opposite heart to that which is normal
5
Q
At what side does the heart loop?
A
The right side
6
Q
What can dextrocardia be associated with?
A
Sinus inversus - transposition of viscera, all visceral organs are reversed
