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| Start here by looking at the external appearance of embryos in sequence from 1 to 23.
It is not so important to memorise the dates, as they are only approximate, but more important to understand growth (size changes) and the development (overall sequence of events) during this period.
| This page shows some key events of human development during the embryonic period of the first eight weeks (weeks 1 - 8) following fertilization. This period is also considered the organogenic period, when most organs within the embryo have begun to form.
|Use the above stage number links to images and information about each specific stage of human development over the first 8 weeks. The links below give a broad overview of developmental events during each week.
Alternatively, look through development week by week.
|Carnegie stage:||1 2 3 4||5 6||7 8 9||10 11 12 13||14 15||16 17||18 19||20 21 22 23|
|stage 1||stage 2||stage 3||stage 4|
- Week 2 Carnegie stage - 5 | 6
- Trophoblast - outer cell layer
- Embryoblast - inner cell mass
- Bilaminar embryo
|stage 5||stage 6|
|stage 7||stage 8||stage 9|
|stage 10||stage 11||stage 12||stage 13|
|stage 14||stage 15|
|stage 16||stage 17|
|stage 18||stage 19|
|stage 20||stage 21||stage 22||stage 23|
- Carnegie Stages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | About Stages | Timeline
Carnegie Stage Table
Weeks shown in the table below are embryonic post ovulation age, for clinical Gestational Age (GA) measured from last menstrual period, add 2 weeks.
(not to scale)
|fertilized oocyte, zygote, pronuclei|
|morula cell division with reduction in cytoplasmic volume, blastocyst formation of inner and outer cell mass|
|loss of zona pellucida, free blastocyst|
|extraembryonic mesoderm, primitive streak, gastrulation|
|gastrulation, notochordal process|
|primitive pit, notochordal canal|
|Somitogenesis Somite Number 1 - 3 neural folds, cardiac primordium, head fold|
|Somite Number 4 - 12 neural fold fuses|
|Somite Number 13 - 20 rostral neuropore closes|
|Somite Number 21 - 29 caudal neuropore closes|
|Somite Number 30 leg buds, lens placode, pharyngeal arches|
|lens pit, optic cup|
|lens vesicle, nasal pit, hand plate|
|nasal pits moved ventrally, auricular hillocks, foot plate|
|straightening of trunk|
|upper limbs longer and bent at elbow|
|hands and feet turned inward|
|eyelids, external ears|
|rounded head, body and limbs|
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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2016) Embryology Embryonic Development. Retrieved May 5, 2016, from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Embryonic_Development
- © Dr Mark Hill 2016, UNSW Embryology ISBN: 978 0 7334 2609 4 - UNSW CRICOS Provider Code No. 00098G