Lecture 11 General med_2nd semester Development of the heart and blood vessels Blood islands and constitution of the primitive blood circulation in the embryo Development of the heart and large arteries, especially aortic arches Fetal blood circulation Congenital malformations of the heart and major blood vessels CVS is the first system to function in embryos blood begins to circulate by the end of the 3rd week earliest blood vessels develop from cell aggregations called blood islands (insulae sanguineae) Cells of blood islands differentiate into 2 cell lines: - central cells - hematogoniae or hemoblasts - they give rise to primitive red blood corpuscles (erythrocytes) - outer or peripheral cells - angioblasts - they become flattened and give rise to endothelial cells angioblasts then join up to form primitive blood vessels blood islands appear as red spots and gradually develop in 3 locations /sites/: 1) in the extraembryonic mesoderm of the yolk sac - at about day 17 after fertilization - the vitelline vasa 2) in the extraembryonic mesoderm of the connecting stalk - at about day 18 after fertilization – the umbilical vasa 3) in the mesenchyme of the embryo - between day 19 - 20 here they give rise to embryonic blood vessels - ventral and dorsal aortae that are interconnected by branchial or aortic arches of the branchial apparatus (future neck region) in total, are 6 pairs of aortic arches in the 21 st day, the vessels of all 3 regions join up and connect with the primitive heart, so that the primitive blood circulation is constituted also, the primitive heart begins to beat in this time Primitive blood circulation at each contraction of the primitive heart, the blood is pumped through ventral aortae in the aortic arches aortic arches run within branchial arches and open into the dorsal aortae (paired cranially), from which the precursors of the internal carotid artery run forwards to supply the head on the left as well as on the right side from the mid-cervical region, the dorsal aortae fuse in one common trunk - unpaired dorsal aorta The dorsal aorta sends off branches of 3 types: - intersegmental arteries - run between developing somites - vitelline arteries - (several pairs) - run to the yolk sac - umbilical arteries - one pair that run to the villous chorion (chorion frondosum) and conduct deoxygenated blood from the embryo to the placenta to the heart the blood returns through superior cardinal veins (left and right) from the cranial portion of the embryonic body and through inferior cardinal veins from the caudal part of the embryo near the heart, both veins they join at each side and form common cardinal vein from the chorion frondosum, blood returns at first via paired umbilical veins, from which the left vein persists and brings oxygenated blood to the embryo) from the yolk sac, blood returns to the embryo through vitelline veins (several pairs) Development of the heart the first indications of the heart development are seen in embryos aged 18 -19 days the anlage of the heart forms in the cephalic end of the embryonic disc and is paired the splanchnic mesoderm (= mesoderm adjacent to the endoderm) becomes thicker and forms on the right and left side so called cardiogenic area cells of the area migrate between mesoderm and endoderm and arrange as to longitudinal cellular strands called cardiogenic cords cords become canalized to form two thin-walled endothelial tubes - called endocardial heart tubes as the lateral folds develop, the endocardial heart tubes gradually approach each other and fuse from the cephalocaudal direction to form a single unpaired heart tube fusion of endocardial heart tubes in one single is followed by a fusion of paired pericardial cavities so that finally single (common) pericardial cavity arises if fusion of both tubes is completed, the heart tube lies within the pericardial cavity and is attached to its dorsal side by a fold of mesodermal tissue - the dorsal mesocardium the dorsal mesocardium is transitory structure and soon degenerates after disappearing of the mesocardium, the heart tube is freely housed in the pericardial cavity, being firmly fixed only at two sites: at arterial (cranial) and venous (caudal) ends a single heart tube stage is achieved during the 23 -24 day when the heart begins regularly to beat development of the heart tube then continues by its uneven growth in the width and in the length as a result of uneven growth of the heart tube in the width, it distinguishes in several portions: in caudocranial axis there are as follows: sinus venosus - venous end, receiving blood from the umbilical, vitelline and common cardiac veins on each side primitive atrium - separated from the sinus by a terminal sulcus, primitive ventricle - separated from the atrium by the atrioventricular sulcus, both portions are connected each other with an atrioventricular foramen bulbus cordis - is continuous with ventricle through the primary interventricular foramen; this portion will give rise to part the definitive right ventricle truncus arteriosus - arterial end of the tube, which divides into paired ventral aortae (in human embryos the situation is rather complicated - the truncus enlarges direct into aortic sac, blood from the aortic sac enters the aortic arches) Heart looping - formation of heart loop heart tube then grows rapidly in length and forms a S-shaped loop in craniodaudal axis heart looping is accompanied by changes in topography of individual portions of the heart tube: the cephalic portion of the tube bends in ventral and caudal directions and to the right the caudal atrial portion shifts in dorsocranial direction and to the left after heart looping, portions of the heart become to lie their definitive places Septation of the heart (formation of cardiac septa) the septation process = division of the heart into two halves down midline the process begins in the 5th week and ends in a week later 3 septae take part in division of the heart in the right and left chamber there are as follows: interatrial septum interventricular septum aorticopulmonary septum Development of the interatrial septum the definitive interatrial septum shows a complicated development septum originates from two septae that fuse each other after birth of the fetus: the septum primum and the septum secundum the septum primum is based upon the roof of the common atrium it continues to grow towards the atrioventricular foramen the septum never divides the atrium in two parts because it does not reach to atrioventricular foramen a gap - called ostium primum - remains between border of the septum and the atrioventricular foramen when the ostium primum will close over, near the roof another opening called the ostium secundum begins to form in the septum primum the septum secundum (the second septum ) then begins to grow down on the right hand side of the septum primum from the beginning, the septum has semilunar shape and its border delineates oval foramen - the foramen ovale as the ostium secundum and oval foramen lie in different levels, the blood may pass from the right atrium into the left atrium in the fetal period through the oval foramen into the gap between both septae and through the ostium secundum after birth, the blood pressure on the left side of the heart rapidly rises as a result of opening of pulmonary circulation and closing of the ductus arteriosus the increased pressure forces cause fusion the septum primum with the septum secundum and the fetal communication between the left and right atrium is closed Development of the interventricular septum the septum develops in the common ventricle it begins to grow up the primitive heart apex to the atrioventricular foramen Development of the aorticopulmonary septum this septum divides bulbus cordis into 2 main arterial trunks: aorta and pulmonary artery it has spiral path that results in final topographical relations of both vessels that are known from the anatomy Development of the valves Aortic arches aortic arches are short vessels connecting ventral and dorsal aortae on each side they run within branchial (pharyngeal) arches are based gradually the 4th and 5th week, in six pairs in total the first, second and fifth pairs are developmental inperspective and they soon disappear the 1st aortic arch – disappears (a small portion persists and forms a piece of the maxillary artery) the 2nd aortic arch – disappears (small portions of this arch contributes to the hyoid and stapedial arteries) the 3rd aortic arch - has the same development on the right and left side it gives rise to the initial portion of the internal carotid artery, the remainder of its trunk is formed by the cranial portion of the dorsal aorta + primitive internal carotid the external carotid is deriving from the cranial portion of the ventral aorta the common carotid corresponds to a portion of the ventral aorta between exits of the third and fourth arches the 4th aortic arch - has ultimate fate different on the right and left side on the left - it forms a part of the arch of the aorta between left common carotid and left subclavian artery on the right - it forms the proximal segment of the right subclavian artery the 5th aortic arch - is transient and soon obliterates the 6th aortic arch - pulmonary arch - gives off a branch on each side that grows toward the developing lung bud on the right side, the proximal part transforms into the right branch of the pulmonary artery and the distal part disappears on the left side, the distal part persists as the ductus arteriosus during intrauterine