Funk - GI Embryology / Development Flashcards
How does the intraembryonic body cavity form?
Forms during the “folding in” of the LATERAL PLATE MESODERM…divides lateral plate mesoderm into parietal (somatic) and visceral (splanchnic) mesoderm.
What does the parietal mesoderm turn in to?
Parietal mesoderm will form parietal serous membranes.
What does the visceral mesoderm form in to?
Visceral mesoderm will form visceral serous membranes and muscles/ct of organs.
How long does the intraembryonic cavity keep a connection to the extraembryonic cavity in the region of the midgut?
Until week 12 (can be in between weeks 10-12?)
Cantrell’s pentology? (she didn’t mention this during lecture, but be familar with it)
Cleft sternum
Ectopic cordis
Gastroschisis or omphalocele
Diaphragmatic hernia (anterior)
Congenital heart defects
Where does the liver form, grow, and develop in the developing embryo?
The ventral mesentery.
What is the hepatic diverticulum?
It is an outgrowth from second portion of duodenum that grows to be the liver.
List derivatives of ventral mesentery
Lesser omentum (hepatogastric, hepatoduodenal ligaments) (stomach to liver)
Falciform ligament (liver to ventral body wall)
Coronary and triangular ligaments (extend up to the diaphragm)
What are the only two structures in the adult abdomen that have retained the ventral mesentery?
The stomach and the “first part” of the duodenum.
List “truly retroperitoneal” structures (aka primary retroperitoneal structures)
Kidneys, ureters, bladder, aorta
List secondary retroperitoneal organs/structures (only four of them, know them)
Duodenum; ascending, descending colon; pancreas
Fully peritonealized organs?
Stomach, spleen, 1st and 4th part of duodenum, jejunum, ileum, transverse and sigmoid colon
Describe the SEPTUM TRANSVERSUM
1) Forms from cervical somites 3, 4 & 5 (remember “C3, 4, & 5 keep the diaphragm alive”)
2) Plate of mesoderm which separates thoracic and peritoneal cavities.
3) Will form bulk of diaphragm; muscle and central tendon of diaphragm; “most important contributor to the diaphragm”
*4) Septum transversum does not completely separate thoracic and abdominal cavities; leaves openings on either side of the foregut called pericardioperitoneal canals (posterolaterally)
What other structure(s) form part of the diaphragm?
The pleuroperitoneal membranes / folds (forms central tendon).
When does the diaphragm reach the level of the LV1 (in the developing embryo)?
By week 8.
Review of innervation of diaphragm…
Motor: Phrenic nerves (right and left)
Sensory: Phrenic nerves to central tendon; intercostal nn. to muscular diaphragm
Spinal nerves C3,4 & 5
Describe the posterolateral congenital defect (Bochdalek hernia) of the diaphragm
(This is the more severe and more common of the two congenital hernias of the diaphragm)
Incomplete formation of pleuroperitoneal membranes; most often on left.
Small intestine, and/or other viscera, herniate through defect into pleural cavity.
The lungs and heart are compressed ; common cause of pulmonary hypoplasia.
***Large opening can lead to compression of the lung…leading to underdevelopment / hypoplasia of the lung(s).
What about a parasternal hernia (Morgagni hernia)?
Less severe (usually asymptomatic until lateral in life).
Anterior defect in muscular portion of diaphragm.
Small, sometimes not detected until child is several years old.
Describe eventration of the diaphragm
It is a weakness (usually unilateral) of diaphram due to failure of myotome migration.
Allows abdominal viscera to ‘‘ballon’’ into the thoracic cavity.
Know how all 3 of the germ layers contribute to formation of the gut tube
Endoderm: epithelium and glands
Mesoderm: connective tissue and smooth muscle
Ectoderm: epithelium at ends of tube (mouth, lower 1/3 of anal canal)
List portions and deriatives of the foregut
Pharynx (described with pharyngeal arches), esophagus, stomach, parts one and two of duodenum; liver, gallbladder and pancreas, spleen
Celiac artery supplies abdominal portion of foregut
List the structures of the midgut and its arterial supply
Part three and four of duodenum, small intestine, cecum, appendix, ascending colon and proximal (right) 2/3’s of transverse colon
Superior mesenteric artery
And for the hindgut?
Distal 1/3 of transverse colon to upper anal canal
Inferior mesenteric artery
What do all three of these separate compartments/segments each share?
Same vascular supply, innervation and lymphatic drainage.
Define atresia
A complete occlusion of a lumen (can effect the entire gut, but is most common in the duodenum)
Recanalization is completely absent in atresia
Define stenosis
Incomplete occlusion (narrowing) of a lumen (also most common in the duodenum)
Partial “lack” of recanalization
Describe congenital hiatal hernia
The esophagus fails to elongate and thus pulls the cardiac portion of the stomach through diaphragm into the thorax.
Briefly describe the rotation of the stomach during development
It rotates 90 degrees clockwise around its longitudinal axis (dorsal, greater curvature is rotated to the left; ventral, lesser curvature is moved to the right).
It also rotates around its anteroposterior axis, clockwise, to make the “J shape”.
What creates the lesser sac (omental bursa)?
The rotation of the stomach (stretches the dorsal mesentery to allow the omental bursa to lie inferior and posterior to the stomach, also forms the “apron” of the greater omentum anteriorly).