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Early Human Embryo Heart Development

This is a ventral view of early human embryos between 20 to 22 days (GA week 5 to 6).

These bright-filed microscopy images show the early heart tubes fusing in the midline to form a single ventral primordial heart tube. This fusion event begins cranially and extends caudally.



Links: Week 4 | Carnegie stage 10 | Carnegie stage 11 | Tutorial - Primordial Heart Tube | Cardiovascular
Stage 10 Links: Week 4 | Gastrulation | Lecture | Practical | Image Gallery | Carnegie Embryos | Embryos | Category:Carnegie Stage 10 | Next Stage 11
  Historic Papers: 1910 | 1917 | 1926 | 1939 | 1943 | 1957 | 1985


Stage 11 Links: Week 4 | Somitogenesis | Placodes | Lecture - Mesoderm | Lecture - Ectoderm | Lecture - Early Vascular | Science Practical | Carnegie Embryos | Category:Carnegie Stage 11 | Next Stage 12
  Historic Papers: 1908 | 1920 | 1923 somites 20 | 1927 Heart | 1928 somites 17-23 | 1959 stage 11 | 1964 dysraphism


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Image Source: Scanning electron micrographs of the Carnegie stages of the early human embryos are reproduced with the permission of Prof Kathy Sulik, from embryos collected by Dr. Vekemans and Tania Attié-Bitach. Images are for educational purposes only and cannot be reproduced electronically or in writing without permission.

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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 20) Embryology Heart Tube Fusion.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Heart_Tube_Fusion.jpg

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