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  Lab Manual - Horizon 8
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  • Length: 1 - 1.5 mm
  • Hensons node and primary groove.
  • The curved germ disc lies between a yolk sac with blood islands and a crescent shaped amniotic cavity.
  • The body stalk bends back and blends with the chronic mesoblast.
  • Ovulation age: 17 - 19 days

Question: What occurs to the body stalk?


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Developmental Stages in Human Embryos by Ronan O'Rahilly and Fabiola Müller.  Published by Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publication 637. 1987.

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