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Slideshow: The Heart

Hand Plate and Vital Organs

#88, Slide 19 of 34

5 weeks, 6 days

From The Biology of Prenatal Development.Buy Now

Note:

Don't let the beating heart in the accompanying clip distract you from seeing all the other body parts. There's a lot going on everywhere you look!

Label Key:

1. heart chambers
2. chest and abdominal walls
3. liver
4. marginal vein of left upper hand
5. left wrist
6. pharyngeal arches
7. left upper limb
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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