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Slideshow: The Developing Brain

Brain and Spinal Cord

#78, Slide 12 of 21

5 weeks, 2 days

From The Biology of Prenatal Development.Buy Now

Label Key:

1. 4th ventricle
2. pontine flexure
3. cerebellum
4. metencephalon
5. midbrain
6. mesencephalic flexure
7. diencephalon
8. left cerebral hemisphere
9. filum terminale
10. myelencephalon
11. cervical flexure (brain-spinal cord junction)
12. pons
13. spinal cord
14. heart
15. umbilical cord
16. right wrist
17. right hand
18. right cerebral hemisphere
19. liver
All ages referenced to fertilization, not last menstrual period.
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