Embryology of the Left Atrium
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What structure is formed when the endocardial cushions fuse in the 5th week?

  • Septum intermedium (correct)
  • Interatrial septum
  • Ventral cushion
  • Dorsal cushion
  • What does the septum intermedium divide in the atrioventricular canal?

  • Primitive atrium
  • Right and left atrioventricular orifices (correct)
  • Dorsal and ventral cushions
  • Interatrial septum
  • What structure arises from the roof of the primitive atrium at the end of the 4th week?

  • Interatrial septum
  • Sickle-shaped septum (correct)
  • AV canal
  • Endocardial cushion
  • What is created by the fusion of right and left atrioventricular orifices?

    <p>Interatrial septum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which structure divides the AVC into superior and inferior parts?

    <p>Endocardial cushions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What forms the valve of the foramen ovale?

    <p>Septum intermedium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the left atrium is derived from the primitive pulmonary vein?

    <p>Smooth part</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the free edge of the septum secundum form?

    <p>Limbus fossa ovalis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the pulmonary vein arise from?

    <p>Dorsal wall of primitive atrium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What constitutes the floor of the fossa ovalis?

    <p>Septum secundum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the communication between the primitive atrium and the ventricle called?

    <p>Atrioventricular canal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the left horn of the sinus venosus as a result of the enlargement of the right horn?

    <p>Decreases in size and forms the oblique vein of the left atrium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During which week does the partition of the atrioventricular canal (AVC) start?

    <p>Beginning of the 4th week</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where does the sinuatrial opening shift as a result of the enlargement of the right horn of the sinus venosus?

    <p>To the right and opens into the future right atrium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the bulges that appear on the ventral and dorsal walls of the atrioventricular canal in the 4th week called?

    <p>Endocardial cushions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is formed by the left horn of the sinus venosus as it decreases in size?

    <p>Oblique vein of the left atrium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When do the endocardial cushions extend towards each other to form the septum?

    <p>In the 5th week</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to blood flow due to the obliteration of the left vitelline, umbilical, and common cardinal veins?

    <p>Creates a left-to-right shunt of blood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is initially circular in shape but later becomes flattened?

    <p>Atrioventricular canal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which structure receives all the blood from the embryo and placenta?

    <p>Right horn</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What structure arises from the roof of the primitive atrium just to the right of the septum primum?

    <p>Septum secundum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is formed when the perforations in the septum primum coalesce?

    <p>Foramen ovale</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the septum secundum forms an incomplete partition of the atrium?

    <p>Ventral limb</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens to the cranial part of the septum primum?

    <p>It degenerates</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which structure is pressed against the septum secundum to form the floor of the fossa ovalis?

    <p>Septum primum</p> Signup and view all the answers

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