hepatic diverticulum
An out-pocket of thickened ventral foregut epithelium adjacent to the developing heart. Constitutes the first morphological sign of the embryonic liver. The anterior portion of the hepatic diverticulum gives rise to the liver and intrahepatic biliary tree, while the posterior portion forms the gall bladder and extrahepatic bile ducts.
Exact Synonyms
liver diverticulum
Related Synonyms
diverticulum hepaticum
class Information
development_notes
The caudal part of the septum transversum is invaded by the hepatic diverticulum which divides within it to form the liver and thus gives rise to the ventral mesentery of the foregut.
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in mice, the hepatic diverticulum forms by E9 and expands into an obvious liver bud by E10
class Relations
Subclass of
- endodermal part of digestive tract
- embryonic tissue
- epithelial sac
- epithelium of foregut-midgut junction
- digestive tract diverticulum
- part ofrosomeembryo
- part ofrosomeseptum transversum
- part ofrosomeforegut-midgut junction
- develops fromrosomeliver primordium
- part ofrosomeforegut-midgut junction
- part ofrosomeseptum transversum
- develops fromrosomeliver primordium
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