Lecture 10: Development of the GI system Flashcards

1
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Describe the development of the primitive gut (include days)

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  • Yolk sac and endodermal sheet precursor (day 20)
  • Branches forming Foregut, midgut and hindgut forms from the sheet (day 24)
  • branch to yolk sac also narrows and forms the vitelline duct (day 26)
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2
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What arteries are associated with the primitive gut?

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Foregut - celiac trunk
midgut - SMA
hindgut - IMA

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What organs come from the foregut?

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Esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, upper duodenum (upper organs)

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What organs come from the midgut?

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most of the small intestines, ascending colon and proximal 2/3 of the transverse colon

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5
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What organs come from the hindgut?

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distal 1/3 of transverse colon to anal canal

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6
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What parts of the GI tract/tube come from the endoderm?

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mucosal epithelium and GI glands (except for lower 1/3 of anus)

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7
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What parts of the GI tract/tube comes from the splanchnic mesoderm?

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Muscles, vessels and Ct

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What parts of the GI tract/tube comes from the ectoderm?

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ENS ganglia and nerves (NCC derived)

Epithelium of lower 1/3 of anus

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9
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When do the dorsal and ventral mesenteries develop?

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Wk 4

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10
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What structures come from the dorsal mesentery (posterior wall connector)?

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greater orementum (gastrosplenic, gastrocolic and splenorenal ligaments)
small intestine mesentery
Mesoappendix
transverse mesocolon
sigmoid mesocolon
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What structures come from the ventral mesentery (anterior wall connector)?

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lesser omentum -hepatoduodenal and hepatogastric ligaments, basically all the liver ligaments

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12
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What does intraperitoneal mean?
What does retroperitoneal mean?
What does secondary retroperitoneal mean?

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  • suspended by mesentery
  • fused with the abdominal wall
  • organs initially suspended by mesentery but has since fused with body wall
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13
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Describe the process of stomach rotation

Vagus innervation?

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-Starts as a tube facing anteriorly, then rotates 90 to the left as dorsal mesogastrum enlarges leftward to form the greater omentum

-Ventral stomach on the left side (L. vagus n.)
Dorsal stomach on the right side (R. vagus n.)

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14
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Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis
Cause
Clinical

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  • NCC did not properly migrate so ENS not fully populated > missing ENS control of the sphincter so it cannot relax
  • pyloric lumen narrowing causing obstruction of food passage, projectile vomiting, few BM, cannot gain weight
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15
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Describe how the liver develops and when does this happen?

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Primitive gut endoderm develops the hepatic diverticulum > differentiation into hepatocytes/bile ducts and hepatic ducts (main liver) + gallbladder

Week 4-5

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16
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The splanchnic mesoderm of the primitive gut develops into which cells of the liver?

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stromal, Kupffer and stellate cells

17
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Describe how the pancreas develop and when does this happen?

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-primitive gut develops the dorsal pancreatic bud and ventral pancreatic duct which grow into respective mesentery > dorsal and ventral buds fuse at wk 5

Day 30 - 35 (week 5)

18
Q

Dorsal pancreas includes which parts?

Ventral pancreas includes which parts?

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  • head, body and tail of pancreas

- uncinate process

19
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Annular pancreas

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duodenal obstruction or stenosis

bilious vomitin if annulus is in the inferior bile duct, low birth weight

20
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What are some anomalies in pancreatic development?

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Accessory pancreatic duct
Pancreas divisum (separated ducts, single pancreatic duct did not form - prone to pancreatitis)
21
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How does the gallbladder form?

How does the bile duct form?

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  • ventral cystic diverticulum forms at Wk 5 and forms the gallbladder
  • liver develops a closed bile duct that is reopened by reacanalization
22
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Biliary atresia
Cause
Symptoms

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  • obliterated exta/intrahepatic ducts and are replaced by fibrotic tissues due to inflammation
  • neonatal jaundice, white stool, dark urine, can be treated with liver transplant
23
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How does the spleen develop and when does this happen?

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Wk 4: mesenchyme condenses in the dorsal mesogastrium

Wk 5: spleen forms (mesoderm, not endoderm)

24
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What is special about the development of the midgut?

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Abdomen has limited size, so midgut herniates into the umbilicus as it lengthens between and returns back (Wk 10/Day 73)

25
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Describe how gut (intestines) rotation occurs and when doe these happen?

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Day 50: gut rotates CCW at 90 degrees > cecum and ascending colon end up on the left

Day 70: gut rotates CCW at 180 degrees > cecum at RUQ and ascending colon is anterior to duodenum

Day 77: Midgut returns back from herniation > cecum goes back to RLQ and ascending colon is dragged to the right abdomen

26
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What are the retroperitoneal viscera at the end of GI development?

What are the secondary retroperitoneal viscera at the end of GI development?

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  • thoracic esophagus and rectum (entrance and exit)
  • duodenum, pancreas, ascending and descending colon
  • everything else is intraperitoneal
27
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Omphalocele

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-wall weakness after lateral body folding, allowing bowel to herniate through umbilicus with peritoneal covering
usually associated with Trisomy 13 or 18

28
Q

Gastroschisis

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abdominal wall herniation with no peritoneal covering

29
Q

Meckel’s diverticulum
Cause
Clinical

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  • vitelline duct did not regress, leading to a pouch in the lower small intestine
  • abdominal swelling, SB obstruction, sepsis, Gi bleeding
30
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Non-rotation of midgut loop

Reverse gut rotation

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-2nd CCW 180 rotation did not occur
left sided colon and right sided small intestines

-2nd 180 rotation is CW instead of CCW
transverse colon is behind duodenum

31
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Volvulus

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  • rolled up twisted intestines

- acute AP, vomiting, GI bleed

32
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Intestinal Stenosis and Atresia

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  • caused by ineffective recanalization (stenosis for partial obstruction, atresia for complete obstruction)
  • commonly associated with Trisomy 21
33
Q

Describe the fate of the cloaca (distal hindgut)

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Urorectal septum develops infoldings that separate dorsal anorectal canal and ventral urogenital sinus
-cloacal membrane ruptures creating the exterior canal

34
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Describe the development of the anal canal and the pectineal line

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-anal rectal lumen has epithelial plug that closes it off > mesenchyme forms anal pit with ectodermal walls > apoptosis eventually opens the plug

Superior 2/3 of anal canal: endoderm
Inferior 1/3 of anal canal: ectoderm

(these 2 are divided by the pectineal line)

35
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Imperforated anus

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Persistent anal membrane