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This mid-line section through the fetal head shows features of the developing skull and the brain, face and mouth.
This mid-line section through the fetal head shows features of the developing skull and the brain, face and mouth.
===Neural===
 
* brain - hypothalamus and pituitary
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* brainstem - pons and medulla
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* lamina terminalis - site of anterior neuropore closure
===Neural System===
* fourth ventricle - ventricular space behind the pons and medulla
* [[Neural_System_Development|central nervous system]].
* [[Endocrine_-_Hypothalamus_Development|hypothalamus]]
* [[Neural_System_Development#Human_Early_Neural_Development|lamina terminalis]] (site of anterior neuropore closure).
* [[Neural_-_Ventricular_System_Development|fourth ventricle]], ventricular space behind the pons and medulla.
* brainstem - [[Neural_-_Pons_Development|pons]] and [[Neural_-_Medulla_Oblongata_Development|medulla]]
* basilar artery - lying ventral to the pons
* basilar artery - lying ventral to the pons
 
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===Endocrine===
===Endocrine===
* hypothalamus
* [[Endocrine_-_Hypothalamus_Development|hypothalamus]]
* pituitary  
* [[Endocrine_-_Pituitary_Development|pituitary]] sitting in the sella turcica.
** sitting in the cartilage form of sella turcica
** note remnant of Rathke's pouch still visible on floor of developing sella turcica (cartilage)
** note remnant of Rathke's pouch still visible on floor of developing sella turcica
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===Musculoskeletal System===
===Musculoskeletal===
* [[Musculoskeletal_System_-_Cartilage_Development|cartilage]] - [[Musculoskeletal_System_-_Skull_Development|skull]] septum of the nose.
cartilage
* [[Musculoskeletal_System_-_Bone_Development|bone]] - [[Respiratory_System_-_Upper_Respiratory_Tract|upper respiratory]] ossifying nasal concha.
* nasal septum - midline of developing nasal cavities
* [[Musculoskeletal_System_-_Bone_Development|bone]] - [[Palate_Development|hard palate]] roof of mouth.
* chrondrocranium - base of skull
* [[Musculoskeletal_System_-_Cartilage_Development|cartilage]] - [[Palate_Development|soft palate]] back of mouth.
* tracheal cartilages - surrounding trachea
* [[Musculoskeletal_System_-_Cartilage_Development|cartilage]] - base of skull and vertebra.
 
* [[Musculoskeletal_System_-_Muscle_Development|muscle]] - [[Tongue Development|tongue]], attached to mandible, note foramen cecum.
bone
** genioglossus muscle - attached to mandible
* ossifying nasal concha
** geniohyoideus muscle - attaching hyoid bone to mandible
* hard palate - roof of mouth
* [[Musculoskeletal_System_-_Bone_Development|bone]] - mandible.
* mandible
* vertebra, axis and atlas
* vertebra, axis and atlas
 
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muscle
* soft palate - back of mouth
* tongue - foramen cecum
* genioglossus muscle - attached to mandible
* geniohyoideus muscle - attaching hyoid bone to mandible





Revision as of 11:57, 16 August 2014

Human Fetal Head Week 12

Selected medial head (12 weeks) view showing key features of head musculoskeletal and neurological development. Note extensive nasal cartilage, nasal conchae, pituitary, secondary palate, oral cavity, tongue, mandible, hyoid, choana, oropharynx. Also note the developing tongue musculature and its mandibular attachment site.


12 Week Images: Sagittal unlabeled | Sagittal labeled | Sagittal medial view | Sagittal lateral view | Pituitary unlabeled | Pituitary labeled | Tongue | Skull Development | Head Development


This mid-line section through the fetal head shows features of the developing skull and the brain, face and mouth.

Neural System

Endocrine

  • hypothalamus
  • pituitary sitting in the sella turcica.
    • note remnant of Rathke's pouch still visible on floor of developing sella turcica (cartilage)

Musculoskeletal System


Image Source: Prof Virginia Diewert


Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 18) Embryology Fetal head section 01.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Fetal_head_section_01.jpg

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11:11, 18 March 2012Thumbnail for version as of 11:11, 18 March 2012965 × 660 (118 KB)Z8600021 (talk | contribs)==Human Fetal Head Week 12== Selected medial head (12 weeks) view showing key features of head musculoskeletal and neurological development. Note extensive nasal cartilage, nasal conchae, pituitary, secondary palate, oral cavity, tongue, mandible, hyoid,