Carnegie stage 17
Facts: Week 6, 42 - 44 days, 11 - 14 mm
View: Lateral view. Amniotic membrane removed.
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 Labelled Stage 17
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