Carnegie stage 12
Introduction
Facts
Week 4, 26 - 30 days, 3 - 5 mm, Somite Number 21 - 29
Events
Ectoderm: Neural tube continues to close, Caudal neuropore closes, forebrain
Mesoderm: continued segmentation of paraxial mesoderm (21 - 29 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, early upper limb bulge
Features
Features: day 26, 27 somites, forebrain, site of lens placode, site of otic placode , stomodeum, 1st pharyngeal arch, 2nd pharyngeal arch, 3rdpharyngeal arch, heart prominence, somite
Identify: forebrain, site of lens placode, site of otic placode, stomodeum, 1st pharyngeal arch, 2nd pharyngeal arch, 3rd pharyngeal arch, heart prominence, somite
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Bright Field
Scanning EM
Kyoto Collection
View: Lateral view, day 26, 27 somites, Amniotic membrane removed.
Image source: Embryology page Created: 19.03.1999
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Image Source: Scanning electron micrographs of the Carnegie stages of the early human embryos are reproduced with the permission of Prof Kathy Sulik, from embryos collected by Dr. Vekemans and Tania Attié-Bitach. Images are for educational purposes only and cannot be reproduced electronically or in writing without permission.
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.
Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, May 3) Embryology Carnegie stage 12. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Carnegie_stage_12
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