Lecture 24: Embryology of the Digestive System and Foregut Flashcards
components of digestive tube
mouth, pharynx and esophagus, stomach, small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum), large intestine (cecum, colon, rectum, anal canal, anus)
accessory organs to digestive process
teeth, salivary glands, liver, pancreas
when primordial gut begins to develop
beginning of week 4
beginning of digestive tract
orophorengeal membrane, made of ectoderm and endoderm
stomodeum
orophorengeal membrane other name
fibroblast growth factors
establish anterior/posterior positioning of primordial gut
what signals for induction of endoderm
FGF-4 and activins
what does endoderm do in primordial gut formation
specifies temporal and positional information
derivatives of the foregut
primordial pharynx and derivatives (oral cavity, pharynx, tongue, tonsils, salivary glands, upper respiratory system)
lower respiratory system
esophagus and stomach
duodenum proximal to bile duct
liver, biliary appartus, pancreas
what separates esophagus?
T-E septum
makeup of esophagus
upper 1/3: striated muscles from pharyngeal arches
lower 1/3: smooth muscle from surrounding splanchnic mesenchyme
nerve supply to esophagus
CN X
main blood supply to esophagus
celiac trunk
epithelium effect on developing esophagus
obliterates the lumen but it then recanalizes
T-E septum during esophagus development
separates T-E structures
esophageal stenosis
narrow esophagus
due to incomplete recanalization during 8th week or failure of esophageal blood vessels to develop
when does stomach develop
week 4
shape change of developing stomach
tubular structure dilates –> fusiform enlargement
direction fusiform enlargement of stomach develops
anterior to posterior
posterior part of developing stomach
greater curvature
grows faster, toward vertebral column
anterior part of developing stomach
lesser curvature, grows slower, toward anterior abdominal wall
rotation of develop stomach
weeks 4-6
90 degrees in a clockwise fashion
innervation of stomach wall
vagus nerve
L vagus: anterior
R vagus: posterior
dorsal mesogastrium
aka greater omentum
dorsal mesentery of stomach region, suspends stomach to posterior abdominal wall during rotation/development
dorsal mesogastrium creates
an omental bursa as it rotates to left during stomach rotation
ventral mesogastrium
suspends stomach and duodenum to liver and ventral abdominal wall
omental bursa
big hole formed by clefts in dorsal mesogastrium that coalesce
allows movement of stomach
greater omentum
layers of dorsal mesogastrium elongate and fuse, become greater omentum- fatty sheath lining abdominal cavity