Carnegie stage 11
Facts: Week 4, 23 - 26 days, 2.5 - 4.5 mm, Somite Number 13 - 20
View: This is a dorsolateral view of embryo. Amniotic membrane removed.
Features: rostral neuropore closing, forebrain, neural tube in region of developing spinal cord, somites, caudal neuropore, connecting stalk, amnion
Identify: heart, rostral neuropore closing, forebrain, neural tube in region of developing spinal cord, somites, caudal neuropore, connecting stalk, amnion
Stage 11 Labelled | Stage 11 SEM
Events Ectoderm: Neural tube continues to close, Rostral neuropore closes
Mesoderm: continued segmentation of paraxial mesoderm (13 - 20 somite pairs), heart tube bending
Image source: Embryology page Created: 19.03.1999
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Carnegie stages are named after the famous US Institute which began collecting and classifying embryos in the early 1900's. Stages are based on the external and/or internal morphological development of the embryo, and are not directly dependent on either age or size. The human embryonic period proper is divided into 23 Carnegie stages. Carnegie stages are based on the external and/or internal morphological development of the embryo, and are not directly dependent on either age or size. Criteria beyond morphological features include age in days, number of somites present, and embryonic length.
The Kyoto Collection images are reproduced with the permission of Prof. Kohei Shiota. Scanning electron micrographs of the Carnegie stages of the early human embryos are reproduced with the permission of Prof Kathy Sulik. Images are for educational tutorial/revision purposes and cannot be reproduced electronically or in writing without permission.
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