GI development — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Meckel's diverticulum

Answer: failure of vitelline duct to close

Extra: in newborn: melena, periumbilical pain, ulcer

Flashcard 2: gut tube epithelium

Answer: endoderm

Flashcard 3: liver

Answer: endoderm

Flashcard 4: gallbladder

Answer: endoderm

Flashcard 5: pancreas

Answer: endoderm

Flashcard 6: wall of gut tube

Answer: mesoderm

Flashcard 7: annular pancreas

Answer:

Extra: ventral pancreatic bud encircles and constricts the duodenum

Flashcard 8: pancreas divisum

Answer:

Extra: dorsal and ventral pancreatic buds fail to fuse

Flashcard 9: The hindgut gives rise to what region of the GI tract?

Answer: transverse colon to rectum

Flashcard 10: The midgut gives rise to what region of the GI tract?

Answer: duodenum to transverse colon