Week 2
Lab 2 & 3 - Early Development and Organization of the Body
1:
Somites
12:
Epidermal Ectoderm
2:
Segmentation
13:
Neural Crest
3:
Neural Groove
14:
Neural Ectoderm
4:
Neural Folds
15:
Neural Plate
5:
Dorsal Hollow Nerve Tube   (Neural Tube)
16:
Vitelline Artery and Vein
6:
Notochord (chordamesoderm)
17:
Paraxial Mesoderm
7:
Gut Tube
18:
Dermatome
8:
Dorsal Aorta
19:
Myotome
9:
Coelomic Space
20:
Sklerotome
10:
Lateral Mesoderm
21:
Otic Vessicle
11:
Intermediate Mesoderm
22:
Optic Cup
23:
Segmental vs. transsegmental structures
Identify the following on the slides and pictures
24 hour whole mount    
     
1: Somites 3: Neural grove
2: Neural folds    
     
33 hour whole mount  
     
1: Head 4: Somites
2: Optic vessicle 5: Dorsal Hollow Nerve Tube
3: Heart 6: Vitelline vein
     
33 hour serial sections  
     
1: Dorsal hollow nerve tube 6: Somite
2: Epidermal ectoderm 7: Coelomic space
3: Notochord 8: Lateral mesoderm
4: Gut tube 9: Intermediate Mesoderm
5: Heart 10: Endoderm
     
48 hour whole mount  
     
1: Somites 4: Otic vessicle
2: Brain 5: Optic cup
3: Heart 6: Vitelline artery & vein
     
48 hour serial sections  
     
1: Somites 4: Gut tube
2: Aorta 5: Dorsal hollow nerve tube
3: Coelomic Space 6: Segmental arteries
     
72 hour serial sections  
     
1: Somite 3: Myotome
2: Dermatome 4: Sklerotome