Embryonic disk
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| Section through embryonic disk of Vespertilio murinus. | ||
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| Surface view of embryo of a rabbit. (After Kölliker.) arg. Embryonic disk. pr. Primitive streak. | ||
| Gray's | subject #6 47 | |
| Carnegie stage | 4 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | d_22/12300248 | |
The floor of the amniotic cavity is formed by the embryonic disk (or embryonic disc) composed of a layer of prismatic cells, the embryonic ectoderm, derived from the inner cell-mass and lying in apposition with the entoderm.
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| Mammalian development of embryo and development of fetus (some dates are approximate - see Carnegie stages) |
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| Week 1: Zygote - Morula - Blastula/Blastomere/Blastosphere - Archenteron/Primitive streak - Blastopore - Allantois - Trophoblast (Cytotrophoblast - Syncytiotrophoblast - Gestational sac)
Week 2: Yolk sac - Vitelline duct - Bilaminar disc Week 3: Hensen's node - Gastrula/Gastrulation - Trilaminar embryo Branchial arch (1st) - Branchial pouch - Meckel's cartilage - Somite/Somitomere - Sclerotome - Myotome - Germ layer (Ectoderm, Endoderm, Mesoderm, Chordamesoderm, Paraxial mesoderm, Intermediate mesoderm, Lateral plate mesoderm, Splanchnopleure, Somatopleure) Histogenesis and Organogenesis Uterine support: Placenta - Umbilical cord (Umbilical artery, Umbilical vein, Wharton's jelly) - Amniotic sac (Amnion, Chorion) |
