File:Stage16-17-limbs01.jpg: Difference between revisions

From Embryology
Line 3: Line 3:
This image of two stages during [[Week 6]] ({{GA}} week 8) of development compares the upper and lower limb development at this time.
This image of two stages during [[Week 6]] ({{GA}} week 8) of development compares the upper and lower limb development at this time.


* Hand and foot plates well developed.
** Rostro-caudal alignment of both hand and foot plates.
** Stage 17 embryo - the beginning of digital ray development in the upper limb bud hand plate.
* The lower limb bud appears less developed at each embryo stage.
* The lower limb bud appears less developed at each embryo stage.
** Features that appear on the upper limb appear on the lower limb about 2 days later.
** Features that appear on the upper limb appear on the lower limb about 2 days later.
* Stage 17 embryo - the beginning of digital ray development in the upper limb bud hand plate.
 





Revision as of 15:39, 19 May 2013

Human Embryo Carnegie Stage 16 and 17 Limbs

This image of two stages during Week 6 (GA week 8) of development compares the upper and lower limb development at this time.

  • Hand and foot plates well developed.
    • Rostro-caudal alignment of both hand and foot plates.
    • Stage 17 embryo - the beginning of digital ray development in the upper limb bud hand plate.
  • The lower limb bud appears less developed at each embryo stage.
    • Features that appear on the upper limb appear on the lower limb about 2 days later.


Facts: Week 6

View: Lateral view (left). Amniotic membrane removed. Comparative stage images are not shown to scale.

Features: developing arm with hand plate, foot plate


Links: Carnegie stage 16 | Carnegie stage 17 | Limb Development


Carnegie Stages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | About Stages | Timeline


Image source: The Kyoto Collection images are reproduced with the permission of Prof. Kohei Shiota and Prof. Shigehito Yamada, Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan for educational purposes only and cannot be reproduced electronically or in writing without permission.

Stage16-and-17-limbs-1000px.jpg

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current17:07, 18 May 2011Thumbnail for version as of 17:07, 18 May 20111,000 × 572 (77 KB)S8600021 (talk | contribs)Stage16_bf1 Stage16-and-17-limbs-1000px.jpg