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Carnegie Stage Section

Abbreviation Key

a
artery
aa
arteries
ant
anterior
a-v
atrio-ventricular
C
Cervical
Co
Coccygeal
CN
Cranial Nerve
D
diencephalic neuromere or diencephalon
dm
dermatomyotome
inf
inferior
int
internal
L
Lumbar
lat
lateral
lt
left
M
mesencephalic neuromere or mesencephalon
med
medial
n
nerve
O
Occipital
P
prosencephalon
post
posterior
prim
primordial
R
rhombencephalon
Rh
rhombomere
rt
right
S
Sacral
T
Thoracic
v
vein
vv
veins
close
alar plate of metencephalon (cerebellum), decussation, dorsal thalamus, dural band for tentorium cerebelli, edge of anterior semicircular duct, endolymphatic sac, exoccipital, facial nerve tract, hypothalamic sulcus, lateral recess of rhombencoel (fourth ventricle), mamillothalamic tract, medial accessory olivary nucleus, nucleus cuneatus, nucleus gracilis, obliquus capitis superior muscle, posterior communicating artery, pyramidal tract region, semispinalis capitis muscle, spinal tract of trigeminal nerve (CN V), subarachnoid space, third ventricle, ventral thalamus
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Boyd Embryo #H983   |   Location: 43-1-2

Keywords: alar plate of metencephalon (cerebellum), decussation, dorsal thalamus, dural band for tentorium cerebelli, edge of anterior semicircular duct, endolymphatic sac, exoccipital, facial nerve tract, hypothalamic sulcus, lateral recess of rhombencoel (fourth ventricle), mamillothalamic tract, medial accessory olivary nucleus, nucleus cuneatus, nucleus gracilis, obliquus capitis superior muscle, posterior communicating artery, pyramidal tract region, semispinalis capitis muscle, spinal tract of trigeminal nerve (CN V), subarachnoid space, third ventricle, ventral thalamus

Source: The Virtual Human Embryo.