Primitive heart tube formation — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The primary heart tube _____ to establish left-right polarity beginning in week 4 of gestation

Answer: loops

Flashcard 2: The heart beats spontaneously by week _____ of embryonic development

Answer: 4

Flashcard 3: The _____ is the first functional organ to develop in vertebrate embryos

Answer: heart

Flashcard 4: A defect in left-right dynein during heart morphogenesis can result in _____

Answer: dextrocardia

Flashcard 5: What is the embryonic origin of the aorticopulmonary septum? _____

Answer: neural crest cells

Flashcard 6: The 6th aortic arch forms the _____ artery and _____.

Answer: pulmonary

Flashcard 7: The 4th aortic arch forms the _____ artery.

Answer: adult aortic arch and subclavian

Flashcard 8: aorticopulmonary septum

Answer: neural crest

Flashcard 9: Embryological origin of most cardiovascular structures

Answer: mesoderm

Flashcard 10: The embryonic _____ gives rise to the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk

Answer: truncus arteriosus

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