Carnegie stage 15
Facts: Week 5, 35 - 38 days, 7 - 9 mm
View: Lateral view. Amniotic membrane removed.
Features:
Identify: midbrain region, nasal pit, lens pit, 1st, 2nd and 3rd pharyngeal arches, 1st pharyngeal groove, maxillary and mandibular components of 1st pharyngeal arch, fourth ventricle of brain, heart prominence, cervical sinus, upper limb bud, mesonephric ridge, lower limb bud, umbilical cord Labelled Stage 15
Events
Ectoderm: sensory placodes, lens pit, otocyst, nasal pit, primary/secondary vesicles, fourth ventricle of brain,
Mesoderm: 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
Limb: upper and lower limb buds, hand plate
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.
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