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Carnegie Stage 2 Figures
Embryo after first cleavage is completed
Polar axis
4-cell embryo
Axes at 4 cells
6-cell embryo
8-cell embryo
12-cell embryo
Initial stage of compaction
Morula at the beginning of compaction
Moderate cell-cell contact in a compacting embryo
A compacting morula
Increased cell-cell contact in a compacting embryo
Closely opposed cell membranes in a compacting embryo
Disappearing cell membranes in a compacting embryo
Final phase of compaction in an embryo
2-cell embryo
Close up of second polar body seen in the Figure 16 specimen
Periphery of a 5-cell embryo
Outer surface of the zona pellucida
One corona cell attached to the zona pellucida
4-cell embryo
Single blastomere from a 7-cell embryo
Intercellular cleft between two blastomeres of an 8-cell embryo
Unequal blastomeres and pronounced intercellular clefts in a 10-cell embryo
Contact area between blastomeres of a 12-cell embryo
Compacting embryo
2-cell embryo undergoing mitosis
3-cell embryo
8-cell embryo
Central cavity of a 4-cell embryo
Central cavity of an 8-cell embryo
Central cavity of an 8-cell embryo
7-cell embryo
Cytoplasm and cell junction of a 2-cell embryo
Cell contact area of an embryo
Cell contact area in a 4-cell embryo
Cell junction of a 4-cell embryo
Subzonal space of an 8-cell embryo
Blastomere periphery of a 7-cell embryo
Adjacent surfaces of two polar cells in a morula
A primordial junctional complex near the subzonal space in a 7-cell embryo
Two rudimentary desmosomes in a 2-cell embryo
Adjacent surfaces of a polar and an apolar cell in a morula
Blastomere of an 8-cell embryo
Cytoplasmic organization in a blastomere of a 4-cell embryo
Section of a blastomere of an embryo
Mitochondria in an early stage 2 embryo
Detail of mitochondria
Flattened saccules associated with mitochondria in a 4-cell embryo
Blebs protruding from the nuclear membrane associated with mitochondria in a 4-cell embryo
Detail of mitochondrion in a 7-cell embryo
Crystalline inclusions in the cytoplasm of a 16-cell embryo
Well developed Golgi complex in the cytoplasm of a 4-cell embryo
Nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm of a 2-cell embryo
Nuclear organization of a blastomere in a 4-cell embryo
Blebbing of the nuclear membrane in a blastomere of 4-cell embryo
Beginning of differentiation of the nucleolus in a 7-cell embryo
Blebbing absence of the nuclear membrane of a 16-cell embryo
Nuclear organization of a blastomere in a 4-cell embryo
Nuclear membrane and nucleolus of a 2-cell embryo
Blebbing absence of the nuclear membrane of a 16-cell embryo
Nucleolus of a blastomere of a 4-cell embryo
Dense granular material inside nucleolus of a 4-cell embryo
Chromosome dyad in a 2-cell embryo
Intact ovum photographed by phase microscopy
Intact ovum photographed by ordinary microscopy
Serial section showing both polar bodies
Serial section showing masses of nuclear and granular material
Mid-serial section showing nuclear detail
Serial section showing additional nuclear detail
The upper or functional zone of the uterine mucosa
The basal portion of the mucosa
The mucosa of the normal Fallopian tube
Dimensions
Clinical history
Description of specimen
Heuser method
Age of the Embryo
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