Pig F4L


DEVELOPMENT OF THE GUT

F1-F6: Gut loop extending caudally "up" into sacral region, attached by a dorsal mesentery. Separation of dorsal aorta.

F4: Attachment of mesentery to sacral part of dorsal abdominal wall. I-E coelom (now cut deep to its opening into the extraembryonic coelom). Hindgut. Sacral dorsal aortae.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

F2: Spinal cord has enlarged ventral horns (motor neurons).

DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

F1,F2: Caudal limit of forelimb. Broad extensor surface. Dense mesenchyme of hindlimb. Note lumbar somites, somitocoeles.