Development of Heart
Development of Heart
Development of Heart
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Development of heart
INTRODUCTION
Heart is mesodermal in origin
immediately cranial to prochordal plate Mesoderm is the constitutent of the cardiogenic area The developing heart is closely related to pericardial cavity (derived from part of intra-embryonic coelom)
DEVELOPMENT OF HEART
Heart is first seen as 2 tubes Right and left endothelial tubes Will fuse with each other Then forming dilatations named: 1) Bulbus cordis 2) Ventricle ( primitive ) 3) Atrium ( primitive ) 4) Sinus venosus
RIGHT ATRIUM
Derived from right-half of primitive atrium
right atrium
LEFT ATRIUM
Derived from left half of primitive atrial chamber
VENTRICLES
3 divison of bulbus cordis ( proximal, middle, distal )
subdivides into ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk Formed by union of right superior and left inferior truncus swellings
ventricles Proximal 1/3 of bulbus cordis merges with cavity of primitive ventricle Forms the right ventricle
REFERENCE
I.B Singh, Human Embryology 8th Edition, 2007