Pig B6L

CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHARYNX

B6: Note the ventral compression of the pharynx into a plate and the dense mesenchyme laterally. Two atria and midline truncus arteriosus of heart. Thick nasal placode.

DEVELOPMENT OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM & GIT1

B6: Further compression of ventral part of pharynx to form a fused epithelial lamina - the anlage of the vocal fold. Note surrounding dense mesenchyme. Nasal placode.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

B1-7: Forebrain.

Development of the Visual System

B6: Hyaloid vessels ventral to optic stalk. Optic mesenchyme (mesectoderm) arising directly from epithelium of dorsal surface of optic cup. Nasal placodes.