Embryology Muscularskeletal System

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Development of

Musculoskletal system
Muscular System
• As with the skeltal system most
of the
• muscular system also develops
from the
• mesodermal germ layer
• Smooth muscle develops from
splanchnic
• mesoderm which surrounds gut
/derivatives.
• • Cardiac muscle develops from
splanchnic
• mesoderm which surrounds the
heart tube.
TRUNK MUSCULATURE
• Skeletal muscle of the trunk develops
from paraxial mesoderm (which forms
somites & somitomeres)
FATE OF MYOTOME CELLS
• Myotome cells split
• off, move to their
• definitive locations, &
• become elongated &
• spindle shaped
• (called myoblasts)
• Many myoblasts fuse
• to become
• Multinucleated muscle fibres.
• Myofibrils appear
in cytoplasm.
• By 12/52 cross
striations typical
for skeletal muscle
appear.
• Somites: form body wall musculature. It
forms a dorsal epimere & a ventral
hypomere.
• The epimere forms the vertebral
extensors; while the hypomere forms the
muscles of the body wall and limbs.
• Note the different innervation dorsal
and ventral primary rami
Somitomeres
• same process in head and neck region
i.e. form myoblasts which will form extra
ocular eye muscles, face, larynx, tongue
etc
Head Musculature
Limb Musculature
• Condensation of mesenchyme near the
base of limb buds (7th week)
• Mesenchyme is derived from
dorsolateral cells of somites
• Migrate into limb bud to form the
muscles
• Connective tissue dictates the pattern of
muscle formation
• Upper limb buds lie opposite the lower
five cervical and upper two thoracic
Limb Musculature
• Lower limb buds lie
opposite lower
lumbar and upper
two sacral segments
• There is a 180°
medial rotation of
the lower limb
compared to
developing upper
limb (angle of flexion
differs)
Cardiac Muscle
• Develops from splanchnic mesoderm
surrounding the endothelial heart tube
• Myoblasts adhere to one another by
intercalated discs
• Myofibrils develop as in skeletal muscle
but do not fuse
• Few special bundles become visible
(Purkinje fibers)
Smooth Muscle
Clinical Correlations
Skletal system
• The skeletal system develops from the
mesodermal germ layer
• Mesenchymal cells are pluripotent,
meaning they have the ability To
differentiate down several different
pathways. One cell can become many
different cell-types
• The embryonic mesoderm can be
divided into three basic regions,
proceeding from medial to lateral :
– Paraxial mesoderm
– Intermediate mesoderm
– Lateral plate mesoderm

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