Lecture 4 - Embryo (Reep!) Flashcards
after regional specification, the gut endoderm interacts with what two things to form specific structures?
surrounding mesenchyme and splanchnic mesoderm
when does regionalizationof endodermal gene expression occur?
early - prior to gut tube formation
what does transverse folding of tilaminar embryo form?
gut tube
head fold and tail fold create what?
foregut and hindgut
lateral body folds create what?
closure at midline
what are the major components of gut development
endoderm, splanchnic mesoderm and neural crest
how does the trachea begin?
as an outgrowth of the esophagus
when does the esophagus elongate?
during growth of cervical and thoracic regions
what are the 3 mechanisms of development of the stomach and describe each one briefly
displacement: caudally, due to elongation of esophagus
reorientation: rotation of stomach; creates greater and lesser omenta
differential enlargement: formation of fundus
describe the develoment of the compound stomach
initially develops like a simple glandular stomach
by the end of the first month:
rumen and reticulum develop from the fundic region
omasum and abomasum develop from the lesser curvature
describe the development of the liver
the hepatic diverticulum is an outgrowth of the foregut into the mesenchyme os the septum transversum
where do hepatocytes derive from?
endoderm of foregut
where does the gall bladder originate from
buds off hepatic diverticulum
which animals do not have a gall bladder?
horse and rat
what induces the hepatic diverticulum to begin branching? what does the branching form?
under the inductive influence of the surrounding mesenchyme.
the branching forms hepatic buds that differentiate into hepatocytes and biliary cells that form the biliary duct system
endoderm is induced to become hepatic buds by what 3 structures and associated signals
- cardiac mesoderm via FGF
- septum transversum mesoderm via BMP
- endothelial cells via an unknown signal
how do the hepatic buds develop into hepatoblasts?
the hepatic buds interact with surrounding mesenchyme and proliferate as hepatoblasts
what does Notch signaling do?
it transforms some hepatoblasts into biliary epithelial cells.
without the presence of Notch signaling, they develop into hepatocytes
what do hepatoblasts differentiate into with the presence of Notch signaling?
absence of Notch signaling?
presence of Notch: hepatoblasts differentiate into biliary epithelial cells
absence of Notch: hepatoblasts become hepatocytes