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Slideshow: Clinical Highlights

Central Nervous System

#79, Slide 9 of 58

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.
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