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Fig. 2. Model of brain and part of the spinal cord

Original magnification x75.

Legend

• n.p. - place of anterior neuropore (closed)
• o.v. - optic vesicle
• f.b. - fore-brain
• m.b. - mid-brain
• i.r. - isthmus rhombeucephali
• n.¹n.³,n,⁶ n.⁷ - neuromeres
• t.g. - trigenminal ganglion
• g.a.f. - ganglion acoustico-facialis
• o. - otocyst

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Reference

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