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Contents:
1. Heart development
the horseshoe-shaped pericardial cavity
formation of the single heart tube
the convolution of the heart tube
the primitive 4-chambered heart
atrial septation
ventricular septation
aorticopulmonary septation
2. Development of arteries
3. Development of veins
4. Fetal circulation
Development of Cardiovascular System
Somite
Connecting stock
Amniotic cavity
Somatic mesoderm
Ectoderm
Intraembryonic
mesoderm Splanchnic mesoderm
Endoderm
Notochord
Trophoblast
Yok sack
Endocardial
heart tube
Prospective
myoblasts
Prospective
angioblasts
Horseshoe-Shaped Pericardial Cavity
Days 19- 20:
III Hand 1
Aortic sac
Bulbus
cordis Truncus arteriosus Hand 2
Conus cordis
Primitive ventricle
Atrium Tbx5
Truncus
Aortic Sac LA
RA
Ventricle
Truncus
Conus
Conus Atria
Primitive
Ventricle
Sinus
venosus complete by day 28
Hypoplastic right/ Left
Abnormalities of heart syndrome
Cardiac Looping
Situs Inversus Totalis Dextrocardia
HRHS
HLHS
Day 27:
Primitive 4 Chamber Heart
Truncus LA
Atrium (A) RA
Conus
AV
BVF
Ventricle (V)
superior
Bulbo-
ventricular
flange
R LA R LA
A
A
Common
AV canal
RV LV
AV canal RV LV
inferior
1) two atria,
2) two ventricles, • AV canal begins to migrate to the right
3) a common AV canal. • The bulboventricular flange regresses
Day 35
Atrial Septation
Common AV canal
Endocardial Cushion
posterior
RV LV
LAV RAV
Endocardial Cushion
End of the 4th week Atrial Septation
Primary septum Ostium
(atrophies in upper Septum secundum
part) secundum
Ostium
Septum
spurium primum
SVC Pulmonary
veins
LVV
Septum
primum SVC
RVV
IVC
• Umbilical vein
• Ductus venosus
Pulmonary artery
Malformation of Atrial Septum
Probe patent foramen ovale
Ventricular Septation
Endocardial
cushion
Primary Secondary
nterventricula Interventricular
interventricular
r septum
foramen
foramen
Ventricular Septum Defects
Septation of Bulbus Cordis
Truncal (Conal) swelling Aorticopulmonary
septum
Bulbus Cordis
Aorta Pulmonary
artery
Anterior
1
2
3
1 2 3
Transposition of Great Vessels
Transposition of the great vessels HRHS with pulmonary valvular atresla
Persistent Truncus Arteriosus
Tetralogy of Fallot
From SHF
bulboventricular tissue Peripheral ventricular conduction system
Initial
heart atrioventricular tissue Atrioventricular node and bundle
myocard
ium Cx45, Cx30, Tbx3
Development of
Arteries:
1) Aortic arches
2) Dorsal aortae
Development of veins:
1) Vitelline veins
2) Umbilical veins
3) Cardinal (body) veins
Aortic Arches
Derivatives of Aortic Arches
Contribution:
CCV
The right posterior cardinal vein (PCV) SVC
becomes the azygos vein
Azygos vein
Thymicothyroid
The left PCV contributes to the formation
anastomosis
of the coronary sinus. PCV
Development of IVC
IVC develops from
4 portions:
1. renal
2. hepatic
3. vitelline
4. postrenal
Venous System Defects
Double inferior vena cava Absent inferior vena cava Left SVC Double SVC
5th week Development of Portal Vein
• Hepatic sinusoids;
• Portal vein; liver
• Superior mesenteric vein