Lecture 3 - GI Development Flashcards
When does the embryo fold
4th week
Embryonic folding
Laterally
- creates ventral wall
- primitive gut becomes tubular
Craniocaudally
- creates cranial and caudal pockets from yolk sac endoderm
- beginning of primitive gut development
Gut tube
Endoderm lined tube covered by splanchnic mesoderm
Runs the length of the body
Blind ended caudocephalically
Opening at the umbilicus
Splanchnic mesoderm innervation and implication
Innervation by the visceral nervous system
- parasympathetic and sympathetic innervation
Therefore non localised pain
Derivatives of the foregut
Oesophagus
Stomach
Pancreas, liver and gall bladder
Duodenum - proximal to the entrance of the bile duct (at sphincter of Oddi)
Midgut derivatives
Duodenum Jejunum Ileum Caecum Ascending colon Proximal 2/3rds of the transverse colon
Hind gut derivatives
Distal 1/3rd of transverse colon Descending colon Sigmoid colon Rectum Upper anal canal Internal lining of bladder and urethra
Foregut blood supply
Coeliac trunk
Midgut blood supply
Superior mesenteric artery
Hindgut blood supply
Inferior mesenteric artery
Duodenal blood supply
Proximal to sphincter of oddi:
Gastroduodenal artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery from the coeliac trunk
Distal to sphincter of Oddi:
Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery from the superior mesenteric artery
Pancreas blood supply
Superior and inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery from the coeliac trunk and superior mesenteric artery
Intraembryonic coelom
One large cavity formed during embryonic folding
The diaphragm splits the coelom into abdominal and thoracic cavities
Septum transversum
Indicates where the diaphragm will develop and separates the abdominal and thoracic cavities
Mesentery
Double layer of peritoneum suspending the gut tube from the abdominal wall
- allows mobility
- allows a conduit for blood vessels and nerves