AVIAN DEVELOPMENT

Proamnion 18-HOUR EMBRYO

Mesodermal
Wings

Neural Plate
Primitive Knot
Notochord (Hensons Node)

Primitive Pit

Area Pellucida

Primitive Area Opaca

Streak
Primitive Groove

Primitive Folds

Primitive Plate
24-HOUR Proamnion
EMBRYO Head Fold

Mesenchyme of the Head Neural Folds

Anterior Intestinal Portal Foregut

Subcephalic Pocket Neural Groove

Somites (4-6 pairs) Notochord

Area Pellucida Unsegmented

Embryonic Area Mesoderm
Extra Embryonic Area

Primitive Streak

Area Opaca
Area Opaca Vasculosa
Area Opaca Vitellina
Neuropore

Procencephalon
Optic Vesicle
Infundibulum
Mesencephalon
Rhombencephalon
Spinal Cord
Heart
Notocord

Somites (12-13 pairs)

33-HOUR
EMBRYO
Ishtmus Mesencephalon

Rhombencephalon Procencephalon
Metencephalon Diencephalon
Myelencephalon Infundibulum
Telencephalon
Pharynx
Optic Cup
Auditory Vesicle/
Otocyst Lens Vesicle

Choroid Fissure

Rathkes Pouch

Heart

Amnion
48-HOUR
Somites (approx. EMBRYO
19 pairs)
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Rhombencephalon
EMBRYO
Mylencephalon (Anterior
Cervical Flexure
Metencephalon Section)
Isthmus
Amnion

Pharyngeal
Cleft
Tortion

Aortic Arch
Dorsal Flexure Mesencephalon
Heart
Cranial Flexure
Wing Bud

Epiphysis
Procencephalon
Diencephalon
Telencephalon
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EMBRYO
(Posterior Section)

Somites (approx. 35 pairs)

Allantois

Caudal Posterior Limb Bud

Flexure