week 10 fetal GI & urinary Flashcards
3 parts of the gut tube
- foregut
- midgut
- hindgut
blood supply to the foregut
celiac artery
blood supply to the midgut
SMA
blood supply to the hindgut
IMA
esophagus, stomach, prox. duodenum, liver, biliary, pancreas formed from
foregut
pharynx, lower respiratory system formed from
foregut
small intestines, distal duonedum, cecum, appendix, ascending colon, right half of trv olon formed from the
midgut
the left half of trv colon, descending colon, and sigmoid colon, rectum, superior anal canal from the
hindgut
epithelium of the urinary bladder and most of the urethra from the
hindgut
layer contributing to: mucosal epithelium, mucosal glands, and submucosal glands of the GI tract
endoderm
layer contributing to: lamina propria, muscularis mucosae, submucosal connective tissue and blood vessels, muscularis externa, and adventitia/serosa
mesoderm
layer contributing to: neurons and nerves of the submucosal and myenteric plexes
neural crest
fetal esophagus runs from ___ to ____
pharynx to stomach
Can be visualized as early as __ weeks gestation as two echogenic parallel lines in the neck and posterior chest
fetal esophagus
15
After __ weeks fetal esophagus appears as a tubular echogenic structure having one of two patterns
26
This is seen in 49% of cases prior to 26 weeks gestation and in 87% of cases after 26 weeks gestation
several parallel echogenic lines (multilayered pattern)
The __ esophagus can be visualized in about 90% of cases, the ___ esophagus (between the pharynx and the upper limit of the chest) in 19% of cases and the ___ segments (between diaphragm and stomach) in 30% of cases (1)
thoracic
cervical
abdominal
2 patterns the esophagus may be seen as after 26 weeks
- two parallel echogenic lines
2. several parallel echogenic lines
trachea is ___ and bifurcates into main bronchi whereas esophagus is ___ and continues to stomach ___ bifurcation
anterior
posterior
withOUT
___ shows variation in size
esophagus
____ vein courses parallel and to the right of the spine
Azygous
spleen is __ visualized and tends to be __ echogenic that surrounding tissue
poorly
less
t/f: fetal liver appears homogeneous much like adult liver
true
the __ lobe is larger in fetal liver due to blood supply in utero
left
fetal spleen is ___-echoic to liver
hypoechoic
fetal lung is ___ to liver
hyperechoic
pancreas is ___-echoic to surroundings
hyperechoic
gallbladder is visualized in most fetuses after ___ weeks
20
t/f: it is concerning if the gallbladder is not seen at 20 weeks
false
fetal stomach is seen as early as __ weeks
11
non-visualization of the stomach after __ weeks may be result of abnormal fetus
19
what does the fetal stomach contain?
amniotic fluid