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Fig. 6. Facial-acoustic Complex Human Embryo 7 mm

Sagittal section of a 7 mm. human embryo (B. 17), showing the relations of the facial-acoustic complex.

In Fig. 6 the ventral or motor division of the facial nerve can be seen cut obliquely at the ventral edge of the geniculate ganglion. In this embryo the dorsal root or pars intermedius is fully as large as the ventral or motor root; but the proportion is gradually reversed as one looks through older stages, due to the more rapid growth of the ventral root. The pars intermedius is in this sense a more prominent structure in fetal life than in the adult, indicating that phylogenetically it has played a more important role in lower forms than in man. With the development of the connective tissue the geniculate ganglion becomes inclosed in a sheath, and is walled off from the motor root, against which it continues to lie, as may be seen in Fig. 8.

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Mall 1906 Links: Fig 1. 14mm Embryo | Fig 2. 30mm Embryo | Fig 3. Semicircular canal | Fig 4. Membranous Labyrinth | Fig 5. Acoustic nerve complex | Fig 6. Facial-acoustic Complex | Fig 7. Facial Nerve Pig Embryo 20 cm | Fig 8. Geniculate Ganglion | Plate 1. Human Embryo 4 to 20 mm | Plate 2. Human Embryo 30 mm | Membranous Labyrinth and Nerves

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  Fig 1 Membranous Labyrinth Human Embryo 14 mm

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  Fig 2 30mm Embryo

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  Fig 3 Semicircular canal

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  Fig 4 Membranous Labyrinth Growth

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  Fig 5 Acoustic nerve complex

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  Fig 6 Facial-acoustic Complex Human Embryo 7 mm

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  Fig 7 Facial Nerve Pig Embryo 20 cm

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  Fig 8 Geniculate Ganglion Human Embryo 30 mm

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  Plate 1. Membranous Labyrinth Human Embryo 4 to 20 mm

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  Plate 2. Membranous Labyrinth Human Embryo 30 mm

Reference

Streeter GL. On the development of the membranous labyrinth and the acoustic and facial nerves in the human embryo. (1906) Amer. J Anat. 6:139-165.

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