Carnegie stage 17

Introduction

Facts

Week 6, 42 - 44 days, 11 - 14 mm

Events

Ectoderm: sensory placodes, lens pit, otocyst,nasal pits moved ventrally, fourth ventricle of brain

Mesoderm: heart prominence

Head: 1st, 2nd and 3rd pharyngeal arch, forebrain, eye, auricular hillocks

Body: heart, liver, umbilical cord, mesonephric ridge

Limb: upper and lower limb buds, hand digital rays

Features

pigmented eye, nasal pit, nasolacrimal groove, external acoustic meatus, auricular hillock, heart, digital rays, liver pronminance, thigh, ankle, foot plate, umbilical cord

Identify: pigmented eye, nasal pit, nasolacrimal groove, external acoustic meatus, auricular hillock, heart, digital rays, liver prominence, thigh, ankle, foot plate, umbilical cord

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Kyoto Collection

View: This is a dorsolateral view of embryo. Amniotic membrane removed.

Image source: Embryology page Created: 19.03.1999

Additional Images

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  External ear Stages 14-23 and adult

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