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STRUCTURE
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DESCRIPTION

Peripheral region

margin of
growth

zone junction

germ wall

Area opaca
vasculosa

Area opaca
vitellina

FATE

WHOLE MOUNT
Area Opaca
of the chick blastodisc surrounding the area pellucida & in direct contact with the
yolk
3 ZONES:
Peripheral zone
cells have proliferated over the yolk without becoming
adherent to it
Intermediate region
cells cut free from the yolk and are added to the area
pellucida
Inner zone
Cells originated from the zone junction, thus containg
yolk granules
2 REGIONS:

Inner region of the area opaca

Thickenings of the splanchnic mesoderm form blood
sinus
Outer region of the ares opaca
Lacks any blood islands or blood vessels
AREA PELLUCIDA
Central region of the blastodisc where primitive streak forms
Lies directly over the subgerminal cavity
epiblast outer layer
ectoderm & mesoderm will differentiate
- hypoblast inner layer
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Primitive
streak
Primitive
groove
Primitive
ridges
Primitive pit
Hensens node
Syn: primitive
knot

Proamnion

Neural folds
Neural groove
Head fold
Notochord
Foregut

longitudinal cleft
formed on surface of amniote blastodiscby a
convergence of cell
gastrulation starts as epiblast ells
central furrow of the thickening
margins of the primitive streak flanking the primitive
groove on either side
an indented region of the blastoderm at the anterior end
of primitive streak
thickened area at the anterior end of the primitive steak
cells invaginate to form notochord
homologous to dorsal lip of blastopore ( amphibian)
anterior to the developing avian embryo surrounding the
heart
contains only endoderm & ectoderm
margins of neural plate that are about to fuse at the
mid-dorsal region of the developing embryo
a median longitudinal groove
formed by rolling up of the neural plate
folded region of the blastoderm
dark crescentic line: marks the boundary of the head
longitudinal band of cells
from the caudal region of neural folds to hensens node
between foregut and neural plate
1st part of the digestive tract with definitive floor
endodermal cells, dome-shaped structure inside the
head

Invaded with
mesoderm
Incorporated with
amnion

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Anterior
intestinal
portal
Mesenchyme
of the head

mesoderm

Somite
Unsegmented
mesoderm

Head ectoderm
Anterior
neuropore
Prechordal
plate
Oral plate
Syn:
oropharyngeal
membrane
Subcephalic
pocket
Somatopleure

beneath the neural plate

opening of the foregut
continues with the lateral walls of the foregut

Loose network of cells

Occupies space between ectoderm of the head and
foregut
Anterior border of mesoderm
- faintline extending across the area pellucida
- level of anterior end of notochord
Thickened splanchnic mesoderm
formed by delamination of lateral plate mesoderm
- three or four pairs of somite lying immediately to the
neural folds
- Undivided region of the mesoderm
- posterior to the somites
Transverse section
Sec. thru the pharyngeal membrane
- layer of cuboidal cells enclosing the head
- temporary external opening of the neurocoel

Becomes part of the

yolk stalk

mass of choramesoderm cells located anterior to the

notochord
will form head mesenchyme
Where the floor of the foregut is in contact with neural
ectoderm

Cavity formed beneath the embryonic head as the head

develops
Membrane composed of ectoderm and somatic
mesoderm

Splanchnopleu
re

Consists of splanchnic mesoderm and endoderm

Coelom

Subgerminal
cavity

Body cavity formed when somatic mesoderm and

mesoderm separates
Space beneath hypoblast

Neural tube

Neural crest

Amnio-cardiac
vesicle

Heart, part of
circulatory system

Break open to form

mouth

Forms part of body

wall
Chorion and amnion
Forms part of body
wall
Allantois and yolk sac

midgut

Sec thru anterior intestinal portal

Midgut

Tube of tissue formed by thickening and rolling up at

neural plate during embryonic neurulation
Group of cells found t the edges of neural plate
Above the neural tube after its formation
Proximal wall of the semi-cardiac vesicle by thickened
splanchnic mesoderm
Dorsal wall composed of somatopleure
Sec thru midgut
Floorless region of the gut
Posterior to anterior intestinal portal
Sec thru somite

Brain and spinal cord

Ganglia, pigment
cells, part of gill
arches
Heart
amnion

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somites
Intermediate
mesoderm
Lateral plate
mesoderm
Syn: hypomere
Nephrotome

Arise from dorsal mesoderm

Adjacent to somite

Lateral to intermediate mesoderm

Distal to nephrotome

Stalk-like connection between somites and lateral plate

mesoderm
Forms the pronephros and mesenchyme

kidney
Delaminate to form
splanchnic and
somatic
pronephros
mesonephros
metanephros