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Table 2
Approximate measurements mm
Maximum horizontal diameter of infiltrated zone around the 15
implantation cavity Depth of infiltrated zone, including the closing plate 5
Chorionic vesicle: maximum external diameter, including villi 11
Chorionic vesicle: vertical external diameter 4.04
Chorionic vesicle: maximum internal diameter 8
Chorionic vesicle: vertical internal diameter 3
Embryonic rudiment 1.66 x 1.34
      Length of embryonic disc 1.05
      Body stalk 0.61
Amnion 1.35 x 1.34 x 0.32
Yolk sac 1.21 x 1.35 x 0.40
Allanto-enteric diverticulum 0.35
Cloacal membrane 0.09
      Definitive 0.05
      Caudal 0.04
Primitive streak 0.43
Preblastoporic segment of disc 0.62
Hensen’s knot 0.04
Notochordal process 0.17
   Reference: Gladstone RJ. and Hamilton WJ. A presomite human embryo (Shaw) with primitive streak and chorda canal with special reference to the development of the vascular system. (1941) Amer. J Anat. 76(1): 9-44.