UNSW Embryology

Carnegie Stage 10

© Dr Mark Hill (2008)

Acknowledgements

Carnegie Stage 10 (early)

Carnegie Stage 10 (late)

About Carnegie stage 10

Facts: Week 4, 22 - 23 days, 2 - 3.5 mm, Somite Number 4 - 12

View: This is a dorsal view of the embryo. Top embryo is an early stage 10, bottom is late stage 10. Amniotic membrane removed.

Features: Somite Number 4 - 12, rostral neuropore, neural folds in region of developing brain, neural tube, somites, caudal neuropore, neural fold fuses, remnant of amniotic sac

(note there are 2 separate images of this stage)

Identify: rostral neuropore, neural folds in region of developing brain, neural tube, somites (note the different number formed), caudal neuropore, neural fold fuses, cut edge of amniotic sac

Stage 10 Labelled

Events

Ectoderm: Neural fold deeepens, edges approach midline, neural fold fuses, neural plate folds ventrally in brain region

Mesoderm: Somitogenesis, continued segmentation of paraxial mesoderm (4 - 12 somite pairs)

Carnegie Stages 11

Stage 11 Unlabelled | Stage 11 Labelled

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Carnegie Stage images

The Kyoto Collection images are reproduced with the permission of Prof. Kohei Shiota for tutorial/revision purposes and cannot be reproduced electronically or in writing without permission.

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