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Introduction

This current page has images of Carnegie stage 7 to 23 of Human embryonic development organized as a table showing dates and features for each stage. Clicking on the small image will open a large image version of that stage. Note that images are not to scale. There is another Carnegie Stage page with larger images of each stage. This material is from the Kyoto Collection and is reproduced with the permission of Prof. Kohei Shiota for tutorial/revision purposes and cannot be by Leonardo da reproduced electronically or in writing without permission. Vinci

Carnegie Stage Table

Images Days Stage Size (mm) (not to scale, click Events (approx) Number image to see original) 1 1 0.1-0.15 fertilized oocyte (week 1) inner and outer cell 2 2 - 3 0.1-0.2 mass 3 4 - 5 0.1-0.2 free 4 5 - 6 0.1-0.2 attaching blastocyst 7 - 12 5 0.1-0.2 implantation (week 2) extraembryonic 6 13 - 15 0.2 ,

15 - 17 , 7 0.4 (week 3) notochordal process

, 8 17 - 19 1.0 - 1.5 notochordal canal

neural folds, cardiac 9 19 - 21 1.5 - 2.5 1 - 3 primordium, head fold

22 - 23 10 2 - 3.5 4 - 12 fuses (week 4) rostral neuropore 11 23 - 26 2.5 - 4.5 13 - 20 closes

caudal neuropore 12 26 - 30 3 - 5 21 - 29 closes

28 - 32 leg buds, lens 13 4 - 6 30 (week 4) placode

Approximate stage 13/14 of the pig enbro serial series in Embryology Program

14 31 - 35 5 - 7 lens pit,

lens vesicle, nasal 15 35 - 38 7 - 9 pit, hand plate

37 - 42 nasal pits moved 16 8 - 11 ventrally, auricular (week 6) hillocks, foot plate

17 42 - 44 11 - 14 finger rays

44 - 48 ossification 18 13 - 17 (week 7) commences

straightening of 19 48 - 51 16 - 18 trunk

51 - 53 upper limbs longer 20 18 - 22 (week 8) and bent at elbow

hands and feet 21 53 - 54 22 - 24 turned inward

eyelids, external ears

Approximate stage 22 54 - 56 23 - 28 of human serial series in Embryology Program

rounded head, body 23 56 - 60 27 - 31 and limbs

[Source: Rothenburger and Gay, 1995. and others] About Notes Links These notes from the Embryology Program compiled and written by Dr Mark Hill. Serial Sections This material is from the Kyoto Collection and is reproduced with Homepage the permission of Prof. Kohei Shiota for tutorial/revision purposes Human and cannot be reproduced electronically or in writing without Homepage permission. Acknowledgements Pig Homepage UNSW Embryology Homepage [email protected] Date Last Modified: 19/3/99 This site maintained by Dr M. Hill