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Heart Chambers and Liver

#66, Slide 65 of 312

4 weeks, 4 days

From The Biology of Prenatal Development.

Note:

Watch the movie to see some of the earliest and rarest footage ever obtained showing the separate chambers contract and relax during the cardiac cycle.

Label Key:

1. chest wall

2. uterine wall

3. abdominal wall

4. diaphragm location

5. liver

6. heart chambers

All ages referenced to fertilization, not last menstrual period.

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