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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

  • brain - hypothalamus and pituitary
  • brainstem - pons and medulla
  • lamina terminalis - site of anterior neuropore closure
  • ventricular space - fourth ventricle
  • endocrine - pituitary sitting in the sella turcica

Musculoskeletal

  • cartilage
    • nasal septum - midline of developing nasal cavities
    • chrondrocranium - base of skull
    • tracheal cartilages - surrounding trachea
  • bone
    • ossifying nasal concha
    • hard palate - roof of mouth
    • mandible
    • vertebra, axis and atlas
  • muscle
    • tongue - attached to mandible, note foramen cecum
    • soft palate - back of mouth


Image Source: Prof Virginia Diewert

Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 16) 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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