Slideshow: Clinical Highlights

Close-up of the Tongue

#170, Slide 6 of 58

11 weeks, 3 days

From The Biology of Prenatal Development.

Note:

Epstein's Pearls, a common finding in the physical examination of newborns, appear in the background in the midline of the roof of the mouth of this first trimester fetus.

Label Key:

1. roof of mouth (hard palate)

2. Epstein's pearl

3. irregular surface of the tongue

4. tongue

All ages referenced to fertilization, not last menstrual period.

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