Great Vessel Development Flashcards
What is vasculogenesis?
Formation of new vascular channels by assembly of individual cell precursors called angioblasts/hemangioblasts (from mesoderm)
What is angiogenesis?
Development of blood vessels from pre-existing vessels
What is arteriogenesis?
Remodeling of existing arteries in response to changes
When does vasculogenesis begin and what do they form?
It begins in the third week and they form plexuses
What do angioblasts differentiate into?
Hematopoietic stem cells and endothelial precursors
What do blood islands form from?
They form from endothelial precursors on the outside and hematopoietic stem cells on the inside
Where do blood islands form?
In the area of the extraembryonic splanchnic mesoderm (which surrounds the yolk sac) and in the aortic gonad mesonephros region (AGM).
What do blood islands eventually form?
Plexuses, which then form channels, which then unite to form arteries and veins
What is Nevus Vascularis/capillary hemangioma?
It is a condition where there is an excessive growth of small capillary networks forming cherry angiomas
What is a cavernous hemangioma?
Due to the excessive formation of large vascular channels due to endothelial cell proliferation
Pathology in vasculogenesis, not angiogenesis
What sections of the body does the dorsal aorta fuse and remain paired?
Fuses in the abd, and remains paired in the thorax
What do the ventral segmental arteries supply?
They supply structures that come from the splanchnic layer of the lateral plate mesoderm and endoderm
What do the ventral segmental arteries become?
Abdominal arteries, celiac trunk, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries
What do the lateral segmental arteries become?
The renal arteries and gonadal arteries (ovarian and testicular)
What do the lateral segmental arteries supply?
They supply structures coming from the intermediate mesoderm (gonads and kidneys)
What do the dorsal segmental arteries become?
They become intersegmental arteries (intercostal arteries) and lumbar arteries
What do the dorsal segmental arteries supply?
Arteries supply derivatives of the somites
Where do all of the aortic arches travel to?
To the head
What is the order of formation and disintegration of the aortic arches?
1 forms, then 2, then as 3 forms, 1 disintegrates. As 4 forms, 2 disintegrates, etc.
What does the aortic arch 1 become and where does it travel to?
External Carotid and Maxillary arteries
Travels to the jaw and cheek
What does aortic arch 2 become and where does it travel to?
Travels to the ear
Becomes the stems of the stapedial arteries
What does the aortic sac become?
The brachiocephalic artery and the base of the arch of the aorta
What does aortic arch 3 become and where does it travel to?
Travels to the neck
Becomes the common carotid and the internal carotid
What does aortic arch 4 become?
Left part makes the left portion of the arch of the aorta
Right part makes the proximal right subclavian
What does aortic arch 6 become and where does it travel to?
Becomes the pulmonary arteries
Left side becomes the distal ductus arteriosus
Right side degenerates
Travels to the lungs and larynx
What does the 7th segmental artery become?
Right: distal part of the right subclavian (proximal came from arch 4)
Left: makes the entire left subclavian
What does the dorsal aorta make?
Right: portion of the right subclavian artery (helps 4 and 7) and the rest disintegrates
Left: makes the descending aorta