1. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALIMENTARY SYSTEM
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2. The primitive alimentary canal
The primitive alimentary canal is a simple endodermal tube that extends from the buccopharyngeal membrane to the cloacal membrane.
As a result of cephalocaudal and lateral folding of the embryo, a portion of the endoderm-lined yolk sac cavity is incorporated into the embryo to form the primitive gut.
Two other portions of the endoderm-lined cavity, the yolk sac and the allantois, remain outside the embryo
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4. The primitive alimentary canal
Endoderm forms the epithelial lining of the digestive tract and gives rise to the parenchyma of glands, such as the liver and pancreas.
Muscle, connective tissue, and peritoneal components of the wall of the gut are derived from splanchnic mesoderm.
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5. ….the primitive gut
Development of the primitive gut and its derivatives is usually discussed in four sections:
(a) The pharyngeal gut, or pharynx, extends from the buccopharyngeal membrane to the tracheobronchial diverticulum since this section is particularly important for development of the head and neck, it is already discussed
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6. ….the primitive gut
(b) The foregut lies caudal to the pharyngeal tube and extends as far caudally as the liver outgrowth.
(c) The midgut begins caudal to the liver bud and extends to the junction of the proximal two-thirds and distal third of the transverse colon in the adult.
(d) The hindgut extends from the distal third of the transverse colon to the cloacal membrane
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7. ….the primitive gut
The gut tube is suspended from the dorsal body wall by a midline dorsal mesentery, through which three arteries pass from the dorsal aorta to supply the gut tube
The dorsal mesentery is also given names according to the gut tube region: dorsal mesogastrium or greater omentum in the region of the stomach; mesoduodenum in the region of the duodenum; and mesocolon in the region of the colon. The ventral mesogastrium develops from the caudal part of the septum transversum. It is attached to the under surface of the developing diaphragm and the anterior abdominal wall down to the umbilicus (falciform ligament)
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8. dorsal mesentery
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9. ventral mesogastrium
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10. Molecular Regulation of Gut Tube Development
Differentiation of various regions of the gut and its derivatives is dependent upon a reciprocal interaction between the endoderm (epithelium) of the gut tube and surrounding splanchnic mesoderm.
Sonic hedgehog (SHH) expressed throughout the gut endoderm & the HOX code in the mesoderm
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11. Development of the ESOPHAGUS
When the embryo is approximately 4 weeks old, the respiratory primordium (lung buds) begins to develop.
It begins as a laryngotracheal groove on the ventral aspect of the primitive foregut (primordial pharynx).
The tracheoesophageal septum gradually partitions this diverticulum from the dorsal part of the foregut. In this manner the foregut divides into a ventral portion, the respiratory primordium, and a dorsal portion, the esophagus
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13. ESOPHAGUS…
At first the esophagus is short, but with descent of the heart and lungs it lengthens rapidly. The muscular coat, which is formed by surrounding splanchnic mesenchyme, is striated in its upper two-thirds and innervated by the vagus; the nerve of the 4th & 6th branchial arch. The muscle coat is smooth in the lower third and is innervated by the splanchnic plexus
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14. Embryological Errors Esophageal Stenosis & atresia
Atresia of the esophagus prevents normal passage of amniotic fluid into the intestinal tract, resulting in accumulation of excess fluid in the amniotic sac (polyhydramnios). In addition to atresias, the lumen of the esophagus may narrow, producing esophageal stenosis, usually in the lower third. Stenosis may be caused by incomplete recanalization
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15. Tracheoesophageal fistula
A tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF)is an abnormal connection between the esophagus and the trachea
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17. STOMACH
The stomach appears as a fusiform dilation of the foregut in the fourth week of development.
During the following weeks, its appearance and position change greatly as a result of the different rates of growth in various regions of its wall and the changes in position of surrounding organs.
Positional changes of the stomach are most easily explained by assuming that it rotates around a longitudinal and an anteroposterior axis
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18. Mesenteries
Portions of the gut tube and its derivatives are suspended from the dorsal and ventral body wall by mesenteries, double layers of peritoneum that enclose an organ and connect it to the body wall.
Such organs are called intraperitoneal, whereas organs that lie against the posterior body wall and are covered by peritoneum on their anterior surface only (e.g., the kidneys) are considered retroperitoneal.
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19. Mesenteries
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21. Stomach…
4th–8thweek the developing stomach grows in all directions to become a sac-like structure
5thweek–the dorsal border grows faster than the ventral border giving rise to the greater and lesser curvatures, respectively.
1st Rotation– In the 5th week, the stomach rotates 90° clockwise around its longitudinal axis so that the original dorsal side becomes the left side, left becomes ventral, ventral – right and right - dorsal.
(note: LT &RT VAGUS)
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22. Stomach…
2nd 90° Rotation: (In the 7th week ) around an anteroposterior axis, such rotation the caudal or pyloric part moves to the right and upward and the cephalic or cardiac portion moves to the left and slightly downward. The stomach thus assumes its final position, its axis running from above left to below right.
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23. Stomach…
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24. Formation of omental bursa
Since the stomach is attached to the dorsal body wall by the dorsal mesogastrium and to the ventral body wall by the ventral mesogastrium, its rotation and disproportionate growth alter the position of these mesenteries.
Note: the space behind the stomach called the omental bursa (lesser peritoneal sac)
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26. Formation of omental bursa…
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27. GREATER OMENTUM
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30. Embryological Errors Pyloric stenosis
Pyloric stenosis occurs when the circular and, to a lesser degree, the longitudinal musculature of the stomach in the region of the pylorus hypertrophies. One of the most common abnormalities of the stomach in infants, pyloric stenosis is believed to develop during fetal life. There is an extreme narrowing of the pyloric lumen, and the passage of food is obstructed, resulting in severe vomiting. In a few cases the pylorus is atretic.
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31. The Duodenum
The terminal part of the foregut and the cephalic part of the midgut form the duodenum, thus receives a dual blood supply from foregut and midgut arteries (celiac and superior mesenteric)
As the stomach rotates, the duodenum takes on the form of a C-shaped loop and rotates to the right.
The duodenum is carried to the right (with the liver) with the rotation of the foregut
Note: The mesentery fuses with the dorsal parietal peritoneum by zygosis, making the duodenum a retroperitoneal structure.
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33. Duodenum…
During the second month, the lumen of the duodenum is obliterated by proliferation of cells in its walls.
However, the lumen is recanalized shortly thereafter
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34. Clinical correlation Duodenal Stenosis/Duodenal Atresia
Is the partial occlusion of the duodenal lumen. Usually results from incomplete recanalization of the duodenum resulting from defective vacuolization.
Because of the stenosis, the stomach’s contents (usually containing bile) are often vomited.
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35. Glands of foregut
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36. Liver and the biliary system
The liver and the biliary system arise as a common diverticulum, the hepatic diverticulum which grows from the duodenum into the ventral mesogastrium. The diverticulum divides into two branches - the caudal one differentiates into the gall bladder and its (cystic) duct; and the cranial one that forms the rest of the biliary system and the hepatic parenchyma.
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38. Liver and Gallbladder…
While hepatic cells continue to penetrate the septum, the connection between the hepatic diverticulum and the foregut (duodenum) narrows, forming the bile duct.
A small ventral outgrowth is formed by the bile duct, and this outgrowth gives rise to the gallbladder and the cystic duct.
Hematopoietic cells, Kupffer cells, and connective tissue cells are derived from mesoderm of the septum transverse mesoderm.
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39. Liver and Gallbladder…
The latter develop as cords of endodermal cells that invade the vascular mesenchyme of the septum transversum, breaking up the vitelline veins to form a complex network of sinusoids.
The connective tissue and haematopoietic tissue of the liver is derived from the septum transversum.
Hematopoietic function.
Large nests of proliferating cells, which produce red and white blood cells, lie between hepatic cells and walls of the vessels. This activity gradually subsides during the last 2 months of intrauterine life, and only small hematopoietic islands remain at birth. The weight of the liver is then only 5%of the total body weight
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40. Liver and Gallbladder…
Molecular Regulation of Liver Induction
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) secreted by cardiac mesoderm. Thus, the cardiac mesoderm “instructs” gut endoderm to express liver specific genes by inhibiting an inhibitory factor of these same genes.
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41. Pancreas
The pancreas is formed by two buds originating from the endodermal lining of the duodenum
Whereas the dorsal pancreatic bud is in the dorsal mesentery, the ventral pancreatic bud is close to the bile duct When the duodenum rotates to the right and becomes C-shaped, the ventral pancreatic bud moves dorsally in a manner similar to the shifting of the entrance of the bile duct
Finally the ventral bud comes to lie immediately below and behind the dorsal bud
Later the parenchyma and the
duct systems of the dorsal and ventral pancreatic buds fuse
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42. Pancreas…
The ventral bud forms the uncinate process and inferior part of the head of the pancreas
The remaining part of the gland is derived from the dorsal bud.
The main pancreatic duct (of Wirsung) is formed by the distal part of the dorsal pancreatic duct and the entire ventral pancreatic duct
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43. Pancreas…
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44. Pancreas…
In the third month of fetal life, pancreatic islets (of Langerhans) develop from the parenchymatous pancreatic tissue and scatter throughout the pancreas.
Insulin secretion begins at approximately the fifth month. Glucagon- and somatostatin-secreting cells also develop from parenchymal cells.
Splanchnic mesoderm surrounding the pancreatic buds forms the pancreatic connective tissue
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45. Embryological Errors Annular pancreas
The ventral pancreatic bud consists of two components that normally fuse and rotate around the duodenum.
Occasionally, however, the right portion of the ventral bud migrates along its normal route, but the left migrates in the opposite direction.
In this manner, the duodenum is surrounded by pancreatic tissue which may produce duodenal obstruction.
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48. The Spleen
Spleen is derived from the dorsal mesogastrium, not from the gut tube endoderm.
Late 4th week, a mesenchymal condensation develops in the dorsal mesogastrium of the lesser sac.
5th week, the condensation differentiates into the spleen.
Accessory spleens may also develop near the primary spleen.
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49. Midgut
In the 5-week-old embryo, the midgut is suspended from the dorsal abdominal wall by a short mesentery and communicates with the yolk sac by way of the vitelline duct or yolk stalk
Development of the midgut is characterized by rapid elongation of the gut and its mesentery, resulting in formation of the primary intestinal loop. At its apex, the loop remains in open connection with the yolk sac by way of the narrow vitelline duct
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50. Midgut
The cephalic limb of the loop develops into the distal part of the duodenum, the jejunum, and part of the ileum. The caudal limb becomes the lower portion of the ileum, the cecum, the appendix, the ascending colon, and the proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon
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51. Midgut… PHYSIOLOGICAL HERNIATION
Development of the primary intestinal loop is characterized by rapid elongation, particularly of the cephalic limb. As a result of the rapid growth and expansion of the liver, the abdominal cavity temporarily becomes too small to contain all the intestinal loops, and they enter the extraembryonic cavity in the umbilical cord during the sixth week of development (physiological umbilical herniation)
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52. ROTATION OF THE MIDGUT
During the herniation process the primary intestinal loop rotates 90° counterclockwise around the axis of the superior mesenteric artery (dorsoventral axis).
At 8th week, the first rotation is complete. At the same time the lengthening jejunum and ileum (midgut) develop into a series of folds called the jejunal-ileal loops.
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53. The midgut returns to the abdominal cavity, rotating further 180°
As the intestinal loop re-enters the abdomen it rotates an additional 180° counterclockwise. Thus the retracting colon has rotated a total of 270° relative to the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity.
By 11th week, rotation and retraction are complete.
The cecum is now in a position just inferior to the liver.
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54. Embryological Errors Ileal Diverticulum
An ileal diverticulum (of Meckel) is a remnant of the proximal part of the embryonic yolk stalk, the diverticulum usually appears as a finger-like pouch. It may be free (74%) or attached to the umbilicus (26%). Although its mucosa is mostly ileal in type, it may also include areas of acid-producing gastric tissue, pancreatic tissue, or jejunal or colonic mucosa.
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56. Embryological Errors Reversed Rotation.
In very unusual cases, the mid gut loop rotates in a clockwise rather than a counterclockwise direction.
As a result, the duodenum lies anterior to the superior mesenteric artery rather than posterior to it, and the transverse colon lies posterior instead of anterior to it.
In this infant the transverse colon may be obstructed by pressure from the superior mesenteric artery.
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57. …. Errors
Abnormal rotation of the intestinal loop may result in twisting of the intestine (volvulus) and a compromise of the blood supply.
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58. …. Errors Subhepatic Cecum and Appendix.
If the cecum adheres to the inferior surface of the liver when it returns to the abdomen, it will be drawn superiorly as the liver diminishes in size, as a result the cecum remains in its fetal position.
The subhepatic cecum and appendix may be seen in adults and create a problem in the diagnosis of appendicitis and during the surgical removal of the appendix (Appendectomy).
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59. …. Errors Omphalocele Failure of midgut return.
Involves herniation of abdominal viscera through an enlarged umbilical ring.
The viscera, which may include liver, small and large intestines, stomach, spleen, or gallbladder, are covered by amnion.
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60. …. Errors Gastroschisis
Represents a congenital defect characterized by a defect in the anterior abdominal wall through which the abdominal contents freely protrude
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61. …. Errors Congenital megacolon
Congenital megacolon is due to an absence of parasympathetic ganglia in the bowel wall (aganglionic megacolon or Hirschsprung disease).
Lack of innervation results in loss of peristalsis, fecal retention, and abdominal distention.
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62. Hindgut
The hindgut gives rise to the distal third of the transverse colon, the descending colon, the sigmoid, the rectum, and the upper part of the anal canal.
The endoderm of the hindgut also forms the internal lining of the bladder and urethra.
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63. Hindgut…
The terminal portion of the hindgut enters into the posterior region of the cloaca or the primitive anorectal canal.
The allantois enters into the anterior portion or the primitive urogenital sinus.
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65. Hindgut…
A layer of mesoderm, the urorectal septum, separates the region between the allantois and hindgut.
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66. Hindgut…
The urorectal septum septum is derived from the merging of mesoderm covering the yolk sac and surrounding the allantois.
As the embryo grows and caudal folding continues, the tip of the urorectal septum comes to lie close to the cloacal membrane.
The transverse line of fusion between the septum and cloacal membrane forms the perineal body.
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67. The anal canal The anal canal is developed from two sources;
Upper part from the endodermal cloaca & Lower par from the ectodermal proctodeum.
The position of the anal membrane is represented in adult by the pectinate line (Hilton’s white line) of the anal canal (anal valves). At this line, the epithelium changes from columnar in upper anal canal to stratified squamous epithelium in lower anal canal.
Thus, the upper part of the anal canal is supplied by the the superior rectal artery a continuation of the inferior mesenteric artery. The lower part of the anal canal is supplied by inferior rectal arteries, branches of the internal pudendal arteries..
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69. The anal canal…
The anal membrane is encircled by mesodermal anal hillocks. The anal hillocks fuse and result in the formation an anal pit called proctodaeum, which is covered by skin ectoderm.
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70. The anal canal…
At the end of the seventh week, the cloacal membrane ruptures, creating the anal opening for the hindgut and a ventral opening for the urogenital sinus.
Congenital errors
Imperforate anus is a condition that occurs when there is a failure of breakdown of the anal membrane.
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71. Imperforate anus
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