Early chick embryo

Whole Mount of Chick Blastoderm

AO = area opaca, AP
= area pellucida
P = region of thick
blastoderm that
marks the future
posterior region of the
embryo; area where
gastrulation begins
Arrows = movement
of rapidly dividing
cells of epiblast layer
Chick Embryo - Primitive Streak Stage
The primitive streak is
the region where epiblast
cells converge (solid
arrows) and move
through a groove into the
blastocoel (dashed
arrows). The primitive
steak consists of a lightly
staining groove bordered
on each side by darker
staining ridges. Hensen's
node marks the anterior
of the streak and P marks
the posterior.
AO = area opaca,
AP = area pellucida,
P= posterior
Cross sections through Primitive streak
Key to Upper Cross
section:
AO = area opaca
AP = area pellucida
^^ = remnants of yolk
granules,
arrows = direction of
ingression of embryonic
cells
Lower Cross Section
shows the three germ
layers formed by the
process of gastrulation.
24-hr chick embryo




AIP = anterior
intestinal portal

Prominent neurocoele (neurocoel)
in the
Portions of the notochord are
visible just ventral to the brain and
spinal cord.
Foregut (asterisk) is seen as a
cavity extending from the top of
the head to the anterior intestinal
portal.
Between the foregut and
subcephalic pocket is a region of
splanchnic mesoderm that will
form the heart.

Somites are not visible in this
section (the plane of section is
between the paired rows of
somites).
A Sagittal Section of a 26 Hour Chick
Embryo
The 33 Hour Chick Embryo - Whole Mount







AIP = anterior
intestinal portal
Sagittal Section of a 33 Hour Chick
Embryo
divisions of the
developing brain.
neuromeres in the
rhombencephalon.
Neuromeres are
segmental divisions of the
brain seen in the embryo.
heart forming region is
now seen much more
clearly
portions of the somites
are seen
Chick embryo 33 hrs serial cross
section
48 Hour Chick Embryo
Whole Mount
Details of Head
48 Hour Chick Embryo
The brain now consists of five parts or
"vesicles". The prosencephalon has
divided into two regions, the telencephalon
and the diencephalon. The region of the
mesencephalon remains as a single unit
and retains its name of mesencephalon.
The rhombencephalon has become the
metencephalon and the myelencephalon.
Each of these embryonic parts of the brain
will form distinct parts of the adult brain.
Details of Pharynx
Details of Heart
48 Hour Chick
Embryo serial cs
72 Hour Chick Embryo
Whole Mount
1 = Telencephalon
2 = Diencephalon
3 = Mesencephalon
4 = Metencephalon
5 = Myelencephalon
* = Otic capsule
^ = Olfactory pit