What day does the heart first beat?
22
What does splanchnic mesoderm produce?
ALL the HEART
What does angioblastic tissue produce?
blood vessels
Primary Heart Fields: origin, purpose
Secondary Heart Fields: origin, purpose
- develop into R ventricle, outflow tract, and part of atria (venous pole)
Outflow tract eventually becomes…
aorta and pulmonary trunk
Mesentery
- provides route for BVs, lymphatics, and nerves to get to/from organs
What happens to the endocardial heart tubes during lateral folding?
they fuse together
What is: endocardium? myocardium? epicardium? What are they all made from?
What forms when the dorsal mesentery degenerates?
transverse pericardial sinus–>separates outflow tract form venous flow
*dorsal mesentery connects the heart to the posterior body wall
What is the path of the NC cells to help form specific heart structures?
What four things regulate cardiac NC migration/differentiation?
Retinoic acid, Hot genes, Nf-1, and Pax 3
Primitive divisions include…
What causes formation of the Bulboventricular loop?
What is Dextrocardia?
- if the abdomen is opposite as well, there are no problems (situs inversus)
Septation events start and end
mid 4th week and 8th week
*septation events happen all at the same time
What is the origin of endocardial (AV) cushions? Their purpose?
Formation remodeling of the AV cushions is dependent on ____
retinoic acid
Anything smooth comes from the…
sinus venosus
What does the right horn of the sinus venosus give rise to?
What does the left horn of sinus venosus become?
coronary sinus
What muscular valves are on either side of the sinuatrial orifice? How do they fuse?
Septum primum vs. Septum secundum
*leads to shunt from R to L atrium
In embryonic life, when does the patent foramen ovale fuse? In fetal life?
Trick question: it does not fuse in either