Great Vessel Development Flashcards
What do the aortic arches arise from?
Arteries that arise from aortic sac
What was the aortic sac an expansion of?
The most distal portion of the Truncus Arteriosus
How many “pairs” of aortic arches are there?
6 -but really 5
Where are aortic arches formed within and how?
W/in PAs by vasculogenesis and angiogenesis
What are the 3 changes made to the primitive system to get to the adult system?
- Hypertrophy of some vessels (AAs 3,4,6)
- Addition of new vessels
- Loss of some vessel segments
Where will the paired dorsal aorta begin to fuse at ?
At T4 axial level and continues caudally
How is the truncus arteriosus divided?
What into
By aorticopulmonary septum
Into aorta and pulmonary a.
How do intersegmental arteries form? Where?
Via vasculogenesis w/in paraspinal mesodern
What do intersegmental as. Run b/w?
B/w somites
How many cervical, thoracic, and lumbar intersegmental as. Are there?
Cervical: 7
Thoracic: 12
Lumbar: 5
How are the cervical intersegmentals united?
By longitudinal anastomosis
Which cervical intersegmentals go away?
Roots of 1-6
Only root of 7 remains
Where vessels are derived from the longitudinal anastomoses of the cervical intersegmentals?
Vertebral As.
What will the LEFT 7th cervical intersegmental a. Form?
L. Subclavian
What will the RIGHT 7th cervical intersegmental form?
Portion of R. Subclavian
What will the anastomosis b/w supeiror and inferior thoracic intersegmentals form?
Internal thoracic as.
What do the anastomoses b/w thoracic intersegmentals themselves form?
Posterior and anterior intercostal as.
What will the lumbar intersegmental anastomoses make?
Epigastric and Iliac vessels
What will AA1 form?
Maxillary a.
What will AA2 form?
Stapedial a.
What will AA 3 form?
What is this arch called?
Carotid arch
-forms common carotid with split leading to Internal Carotid and External Carotid
What will happen to AA 4?
Will hypertrophy so has both L and R side
What will the L. AA 4 form?
Part of aortic arch
What else helps to form the aorta?
Aortic sac - asc. Aorta
AA4 - artic arch
L. Dorsal aorta —> desc. And thoracic
What will connect the L. AA 4 with the LV?
Spiral septum of outflow tract (conotruncal ridges)
What does the RIGHT AA 4 form?
Proximal part of right subclavian
What 3 things help make the RIght subclavian a.?
- R. AA 4
- Dorsal aorta
- . R. 7th intersegmental a.
What will AA 6 form?
Pulmonary As. (Also some help from aortic sac)
Where will outgrowths of AA6 go to?
Enters mesenchyme of lung
The R. AA6 connection to the dorsal aorta disappears, but what will the L. One form?
Will form ductus arteriosus (and eventually ligamentum arteriosum)
Why does the recurrent laryngeal n. From vagus appear to arise at 2 different axial levels? (One around aortic arch and one around r. Subclavian)
Bc. Heart moves to thorax as embryo grows and carotid lengthen so that subclavian ends up lower now
- connect from R AA 6 to dorsal aorta lost, R. Recurrent laryngeal now wrapped around r. Subclavian a.
- ductus arteriosus there, so L. Recurrent laryngeal around aortic arch and L. Art.
What are the vitelline arteries?
What will they eventually form?
◦ Vessels supplying yolk sac
eventually form the GI vasculature
What are the umbilical as.?
◦ Paired ventral branches of dorsal aorta that course
to placenta and have connections w/ developing bladder