2010 BGD Practical 6 - Week 5

Introduction

Key Events of Human Development during the fifth week (week 5) following fertilization or Clinical week 7 (LMP).

Day	Stage	Event
29		Pituitary Week 5 elongation, contacts infundibulum, diverticulum of diencephalon Heart Week 5 septation starts, atrial and ventricular Respire Week 5 left and right lung buds push into the pericardioperitoneal canals (primordia of pleural cavity) Respire Week 5 to 17 lung histology - pseudoglandular Sense - Hearing Week 5 cochlear part of otic vesicle elongates (humans 2.5 turns)
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32	Stage 14	Ectoderm - sensory placodes, lens pit, otocyst, nasal placode, primary/secondary vesicles, fourth ventricle of brain Mesoderm - continued segmentation of paraxial mesoderm (somite pairs), heart prominence Head - 1st, 2nd and 3rd pharyngeal arch, forebrain, site of lens placode, site of otic placode, stomodeum Body - heart, liver, umbilical cord, mesonephric ridge visible externally as bulges. Limb - upper and lower limb buds growing Neural first appearance of the future cerebral hemispheres. Cerebellar plate differentiated to an intermediate layer, and future rhombic lip identifiable PMID: 3377191 GIT - Liver hepatic gland and its vascular channels enlarge, hematopoietic function appears PMID: 9407542
33	Stage 15	Neural cranial nerves (except olfactory and optic) are identifiable in more advanced embryos PMID: 3213956
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35		Sense - Eye 35 to 37 days retinal pigment present

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