72 Hours Chick Embryo

72- Hours
CHICK EMBRYONIC
DEVELOPMENT
Introduction
The 72 hour chick embryo is much larger than the 48
hour chick embryo,but the curvature of the body is so
great, owint to the presence of cranial,cervical, and caudal
flexures, that its total length is only about 7mm. In general,
the body may be divided into head, trunk and tail
regions,and in addition the beginnings to the appendages
are apparent in the form of anterior limb buds at the level
of the seventeenth to nineteenth somites and hind limbs
buds at the level of the twenty-sixth to thirty-second somites
*The head is almost bent backward, revealing a series of
prominent bulges that correspond to the brain's divisions.
*The telencephalon's cerebral hemispheres cause prominent

lateral bulges in the extreme front end.
*The diencephalon and mesencephalon are clearly defined,

as are the metencephalon and thin-roofed myelencephalon
posterior to the isthmus. It's linked to the extreme ventro-
lat.
The pharyngeal region is marked by the The heart is attached prominentl to the
presence of the first three visceral clefts. ventral side of the body just below the
Anterior to the first visceral cleft the first pharynx. The bulbus arteriosus and the
abdominal arch is prominently developed. more posteriorly located ventricle form
The maxillary process, primordium of the the uppermost limb of the heart.
upper jaw, has grown forward.
• In the body proper the neural tube swings
backward in the mid-line and paired
somites lie along- side it.
• The somites, of which there are thirty-five

pairs, begin just posterior to the otic
vesicle and extend back into the tail.
• The vitelline arteries leave the dorsal

aorta at approximately the mid-level of the
body.
*The tail fold is lifted above the
blastoderm and curves slightly forward.
*At this level the allantois protrudes out

ventrally as a prominent vesicle.
*Covering the whole body are the delicate

amnion and chorion, which are almost
entirely closed in by fusion of the head and
tail folds.
By 72 hours, the torsion you began to see in the 48 hour embryo has proceeded about two-thirds the way
down the length of the body. There are more somites now; probably as many as 35 if you count carefully. The
head is flexed even more, with the tip of the nose/beak almost touching the heart. To facilitate examination of
the whole mount at this stage, the circulatory system is often injected with India ink. At the 72 hour stage, you
can see major diverticula (outgrowths) of the endodermally derived gut. Endodermally derived structures of the
body proper include: lung buds, part of the liver, possibly the dorsal part of the pancreas, the cloaca, and part
of the allantois (an extraembryonic membrane responsible for – among other things – waste removal and stora
Endodermal Derivatives
Oral Apperture: External opening of the mouth cavity.

Mouth Cavity: The anterior chamber of the digestive tube

Designated parts:
1. Pituitary Gland
2. Pharynx
3. Viceral Clefts

Designated parts:
1. Pituitary Gland
2. Pharynx
3. Viceral Clefts
4. Thyroid Gland

Designated parts:
1. Pituitary Gland
2. Pharynx
3. Viceral Clefts
4. Thyroid Gland
5. Laryngotracheal Groove
6. Oesophagus
- Primary Bronchi
Stomach and Duodenum
these follows the esophagus but as yet they are not clearly defined
Designated Part:
Liver: a ventral diverticulum from the gut. Its tissue spread laterally and
invade the walls of the vitelline veins and meatus venosus
Anterior Intestinal Portal
Just posterior to the level at which the liver arises the gut
elongates ventrally once more to open out on yolk sac
Designated parts
Pancreas: At the level at which the ventral elongation of the
gut begins
Mid-gut: Posterior to the anterior intestinal
portal
Hindgut: Traced posteriorly the mid gut closes
in again on the ventral side at the level of the
posterior intestinal portal
Cloaca: The Gut becomes narrowed from side
to side at the level of future cloaca
Anterior Intestinal Portal
Just posterior to the level at which the liver arises the gut
elongates ventrally once more to open out on yolk sac
Designated parts
Pancreas: At the level at which the ventral elongation of the
gut begins
Mid-gut: Posterior to the anterior intestinal
portal
Hindgut: Traced posteriorly the mid gut closes
in again on the ventral side at the level of the
posterior intestinal portal
Cloaca: The Gut becomes narrowed from side
to side at the level of future cloaca
Allantois: A small, rounded, bladder-like ventral
diverticulum from the hind-gut growing out into the
exocoel
Allantois: A small, rounded, bladder-like ventral diverticulum from the hind-gut growing
out into the exocoel
Postcloacal Gut: The extension of the hind-gut into the tail fold posterior to the
cloaca

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*The telencephalon's cerebral hemispheres cause prominent

*The diencephalon and mesencephalon are clearly defined,

• The somites, of which there are thirty-five

• The vitelline arteries leave the dorsal

*At this level the allantois protrudes out

*Covering the whole body are the delicate

Oral Apperture: External opening of the mouth cavity.

Oral Apperture: External opening of the mouth cavity.

Mouth Cavity: The anterior chamber of the digestive tube

Oral Apperture: External opening of the mouth cavity.

Mouth Cavity: The anterior chamber of the digestive tube

Oral Apperture: External opening of the mouth cavity.

Mouth Cavity: The anterior chamber of the digestive tube

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