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Three-Cell Embryo

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Three-Cell Embryo [Click for next image]
Source: Centro Riproduzione Assistita, Catania, Italy.

Label Key:

1. blastomere #1
2. blastomere #2
3. blastomere #3
4. perivitelline space
5. zona pellucida
6. polar body
All ages referenced to fertilization, not last menstrual period.
Two-Cell Human Embryo
Two-Cell Human Embryo
Two-Cell Embryo
Two-Cell Embryo
Three-Cell Embryo
Three-Cell Embryo
Four-Cell Human Embryo
Four-Cell Human Embryo
Four-Cell Embryo
Four-Cell Embryo
Five-Cell Embryo
Five-Cell Embryo
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