Template:Brain Growth table
From Embryology
Table below shows a direct comparison of brain growth in size between week 4 to 8 (GA 6-10)
Brain Growth |
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Embryonic |
Embryonic Central Nervous System | |||
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Stage 13 | Stage 14 | Stage 16 | Stage 21 |
scale bar = 1 mm |
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Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 8 |
Fetal Adult Adult CNS Structures
Neural Tube | Primary Vesicles | Secondary Vesicles | Adult Structures |
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week 3 | week 4 | week 5 | adult |
prosencephalon (forebrain) | telencephalon | Rhinencephalon, Amygdala, hippocampus, cerebrum (cortex), hypothalamus, pituitary | Basal Ganglia, lateral ventricles | |
diencephalon | epithalamus, thalamus, Subthalamus, pineal, posterior commissure, pretectum, third ventricle | ||
mesencephalon (midbrain) | mesencephalon | tectum, Cerebral peduncle, cerebral aqueduct, pons | |
rhombencephalon (hindbrain) | metencephalon | cerebellum | |
myelencephalon | medulla oblongata, isthmus | ||
spinal cord, pyramidal decussation, central canal |