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Human Embryo Primitive Node

Carnegie stage 8

This image is a high power selected region at the primitive node showing the cilia that are thought to rotate in one direction leading to a gradient of factors establishing the early left/right axis of the embryo.


Scanning electron micrograph (original file name presomiteSt8d18ventralnode1.jpg)


Image Source: Scanning electron micrographs of the Carnegie stages of the early human embryos are reproduced with the permission of Prof Kathy Sulik, from embryos collected by Dr. Vekemans and Tania Attié-Bitach. Images are for educational purposes only and cannot be reproduced electronically or in writing without permission.

Embryonic Development

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current15:36, 3 August 2009Thumbnail for version as of 15:36, 3 August 2009450 × 321 (50 KB)MarkHill (talk | contribs)Human embryo (Carnegie stage 8) This image is a high power selected region at the primitive node showing the cilia that are thought to rotate in one direction leading to a gradient of factors establishing the early left/right axis of the embryo. scannin