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Slideshow: The Heart

Close-up of Heart and Liver

#81, Slide 15 of 34

5 weeks, 6 days

From The Biology of Prenatal Development.Buy Now

Note:

This rare shot reveals all four chambers of the heart. The short movie clip that accompanies this snapshot allows you to see all four chambers in operation simultaneously if you look carefully!

Label Key:

1. edge of brain
2. umbilical cord
3. four chambers of heart
4. location of diaphragm
5. liver
All ages referenced to fertilization, not last menstrual period.
Heart ChambersThe Folding HeartThe Folding of the EmbryoFour-Week EmbryoThe Body Plan EmergesThe Heart in MotionHeart Chambers and LiverHeart in Slow MotionSurrounded by the AmnionHeart and LiverHead and HeartHeart and BrainHead and HeartLiver, Cord, and Left Foot PlateClose-up of Heart and LiverHeart and LiverThe Heart and LiverThe Vital OrgansHand Plate and Vital OrgansLeft Hand Plate and WristThe HeartThe Brain, Heart, and LiverThe Hand in MotionThe Face and TrunkLeft Hand and Vital OrgansThe Beating Heart and LiverThe Liver and Beating HeartThe Heart and BrainThe Four-Chambered HeartThe Hand, Chest, and LiverThe Heart and HandThe Beating HeartThe Heart and ChestClose-up, Seven-Week Heart
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