Bios 325 48-Hour Chick Embryo Term List

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Whole mounts:

1.cranial (cephalic) flexure

2.telencephalon

3.diencephalon

4.mesencephalon

5.metencephalon

6.myelencephalon

7.optic cup

9.auditory vesicle

10.anterior (cranial) intestinal portal

11.posterior (caudal) intestinal portal

12.tail bud

13.first branchial groove

14.second branchial groove

15.third branchial groove

16.heart

17.somite

18.vitelline arteries

 

Serial sections:

Neural tube:

1.telencephalon

2.diencephalon

3.mesencephalon

4.metencephalon

5.myelencephalon

6.spinal cord

8.thin roof plate of the myelencephalon

9.infundibulum

10. semilunar glanglia (trigeminal nerves)

11. acousticofacialis ganglia (auditory and facial nerve)

Eyes:

1.optic cups

2.lens vesicles

Pharyngeal Region

1. stomodeum

3. mandibular process

4. maxillary process

5. first branchial groove

6. second branchial groove

7.third branchial groove

Digestive system:

1. foregut

2. duodenum

3. anterior intestinal portal

4. posterior intestinal portal

Body cavities:

1.pericardial cavity

2.pleural cavity

Somites

1. Dermatome, Myotome, Sclerotome

Heart:

1.aortic sac

2.bulbus cordis

3.ventricle

4.atrium

5.sinus venosus

6.endocardium

7.myocardium

Vessels:

1.descending aorta

2.dorsal aorta

3.vitelline veins

4.vitelline arteries

8.first aortic arches

Others:

2.auditory vesicle

3.rathke's pouch

 

Know the direction of the blood flow between the yolk sac and the embryo (and within the

embryo itself)