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Central Nervous System

5 weeks, 2 days

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Label Key:

1. isthmus
2. mesencephalic flexure
3. midbrain (mesencephalon)
4. diencephalon
5. epiphysis
6. right and left cerebral hemispheres (telencephalon)
7. filum terminale
8. cerebellum
9. pontine flexure
10. 4th ventricle
11. myelencephalon
12. pons
13. cervical flexure (brain-spinal cord junction)
14. spine
All ages referenced to fertilization, not last menstrual period.
Central Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Brain and Spinal Cord
Brain and Spinal Cord
Central Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Heart and Brain
Heart and Brain
Head and Heart
Head and Heart
Vitelline Vessels
Vitelline Vessels
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