DEVELOPMENT OF ABDOMINAL

VISCERA
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
OESOPHAGUS:

Lining epithelium - endoderm of

foregut
Rest - Splanchnopleuric layer of lateral plate
mesoderm
STOMACH:

Mucous membrane - Endoderm of

foregut
Musculature and others - Splanchnic mesoderm
DUODENUM:
1.

Mucous membrane upto major duodenal papilla Endoderm of foregut

2.

Mucous membrane below major duodenal papilla

- Endoderm of midgut

3.

Musculature and others - Splanchnic mesoderm

JEJUNUM & ILEUM:

Lining - Endoderm of midgut

Musculature and others - Splanchnic

mesoderm
LARGE
4.

INTESTINE:

Upto right 2/3rd of transverse colon - Distal limb

of U-shaped loop of primitive midgut

5.

Lateral 1/3rd of transverse colon upto sigmoid

colon - proximal part of primitive hindgut

RECTUM & ANAL

CANAL:

6.

Mucous membrane above Houston's 3rd valve endoderm of pre-allantoic part of hindgut

7.

Below Houston's 3rd valve and above pectinate

line - Dorsal part of endodermal cloaca

8.

Below the pectinate line - Ectodermal

proctodeum

LIVER:
9.

Parenchyma and lining of biliary passage Hepatic bud, which is a diverticulum of

endoderm of foregut

10. Fibrous

stroma - Septum transversum

(mesoderm)

PANCREAS:
11. Dorsal

pancreatic bud - Whole neck, body, tail

and upper part of head

12. Ventral

pancreatic bud - Lower part of head and

uncinate process

***Main pancreatic bud - from 3 sources:

13. Distal

part of duct of dorsal bud

14. Oblique

communication between ducts of dorsal

and ventral buds

15. Proximal

part of the primitive bile duct

SPLEEN:

Mesoderm of upper part of dorsal

mesogastrium

URINARY SYSTEM
KIDNEY:

Pronephros, mesonephros, metanephros from intermediate mesoderm in cranio-caudal

direction.
Secretory part - Metanephric blastema

Collecting part - Ureteric diverticulum from

mesonephric duct
URETER:

From the caudal part of mesonephric duct

URINARY

BLADDER:

16. Trigone

- Mesoderm of the incorporated caudal

part of the two mesonephric ducts

17. Rest

of mucous membrane - Vesicourethral part

of endodermal cloaca

18. Musculature
URETHRA:

and others - Splanchnic mesoderm

19.

Preprostatic and prostatic part upto opening of

ejaculatory duct - Vesicourethral part of
endodermal cloaca

20. Remaining

part of prostatic urethra,

membranous urethra - pelvic part of urogenital
sinus

21. Most

of spongy urethra - Phallic part of

urogenital sinus

22. Part

within the glans penis - Ectodermal groove

GENITAL SYSTEM
MALE
PENIS:

Genital tubercle, elongation of which forms

the phallus

SCROTUM:

Genital swelling

PROSTATE:

Glandular part - Pelvic part of

urogenital sinus
Fibromuscular part - Splanchnic

mesoderm
TESTIS:
23. Sertoli

cells - Surface epithelium of the gland

24. Leydig

cell - Mesenchyme of gonadal ridge

25. Primordial

germ cell - Wall of the yolk sac