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Human Embryo Buccopharyngeal Membrane (Carnegie stage 11)

This is a detailed ventral view of the Week 4 Stage 11 head, showing the stomodeum (stomatodeum or stomatodaeum) region with the floor of this region occupied by the degenerating buccopharyngeal membrane. Loss of buccopharyngeal membrane opens the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract to amniotic fluid for the remainder of development.


Scale bar 100 µm.

Facts: Week 4, 25 days, 20 somite pairs. View: This is a scanning EM ventrolateral view of the embryo head. Features: first pharyngeal arch, buccopharyngeal membrane


Links: Carnegie stage 11 | Gastrointestinal Tract


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Stage 11 SEM Images: dorsolateral whole embryo | dorsal embryo | lateral embryo | lateral head | lateral head with overlay | embryo cross-section | ventrolateral head | ventrolateral head with overlay | ventral head | buccopharyngeal membrane | neural crest | posterior neuropore | anterior neuropore | Carnegie stage 11
  • Human Embryo (stage 11)
  • dorsolateral whole embryo

    dorsolateral whole embryo

  • dorsal embryo

    dorsal embryo

  • lateral embryo

    lateral embryo

  • lateral head

    lateral head

  • lateral head with overlay

    lateral head with overlay

  • embryo cross-section

    embryo cross-section

  • embryo cross-section label

    embryo cross-section label

  • neural cross-section label

    neural cross-section label

  • ventrolateral head

    ventrolateral head

  • ventrolateral head with overlay

    ventrolateral head with overlay

  • ventral head

    ventral head

  • buccopharyngeal membrane

    buccopharyngeal membrane

  • neural crest

    neural crest

  • posterior neuropore

    posterior neuropore

  • anterior neuropore

    anterior neuropore


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 18) Embryology Stage11 sem2.jpg. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/File:Stage11_sem2.jpg

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