Gastrointestinal tract Flashcards
What leads to the formation of the endodermal gut tube?
Embryonic folding (amnion folds around the embryo)
Change in shape of the yolk sac
What is the coelomic cavity, when does it form?
The space between the gut tube and somatic mesoderm
Forms in folding of the embryo as parietal mesoderm fuses
What is the cavity outside of the coelomic cavity?
Amniotic cavity
What mesoderm makes up the gut tube?
Splanchnic (visceral) mesoderm
What joins to the visceral/splanchnic mesoderm to the parietal mesoderm?
Dorsal mesentery
What is the origin of the epithelial lining of the gut tube?
Endoderm
At the rostral/caudal ends of the gut tube, what does the endoderm interface with, what are these areas called?
Ectoderm
Buccopharyngeal membrane (rostral)
Cloacal membrane (caudal)
Is there a ventral mesentery? What level at?
Yes
At the level of the stomach and liver
What develops within the ventral mesentery?
The liver
What does the ventral mesentery end up as?
The lesser omentum and falciform ligament
Describe the blood supply to each gut region?
The foregut, is supplied by the coeliac artery.
The midgut, is supplied by the superior mesenteric artery.
The hindgut, is supplied by the inferior mesenteric artery.
What mesentery does the stomach have?
Both dorsal and ventral
What is the initial shape of the stomach?
Fusiform
What is the movement of the stomach as it enlarges?
Rotates 90 degrees
What does the rotation of the stomach do the vagus nerves?
Moves the left vagus nerve anterior and right vagus posterior
What does the second rotation of the stomach achieve?
Upper cardiac part moves to the left side and the pyloric lower part moves to the right
What is the lesser sack continuous with the greater sack through?
Epiploic foramen
What does the dorsal mesentery become at the stomach?
Greater omentum
What does the liver form from?
Diverticulum from the gut tube
Where does the initial liver bud grow into?
Mesoderm of the septum transversum