SUMMARY OF GERM LAYERS

ECTODERM

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Auditory placodes Auditory vesicles Cerebral hemispheres

Infundibulum Cranial ganglia: Cranial ganglia:
Neural crest cells V. semilunar X. jugular
Neural folds and groove VII-VIII. acousticofacialis Cranial nerves:
Neural tube IX. superior III. oculomotor
Optic vesicles Epipharyngeal placodes V. mandibular,
Lens vesicles maxillary, and ophthalmic
Nasal placodes branches of trigeminal
Optic cups VII. facial
Optic stalks IX. glossopharyngeal
Pharyngeal grooves Endolymphatic ducts
Rathke’s pouch Lens epithelium
Stomodeum Lens fibers
Nasal pits
Pineal gland
Spinal ganglia

MESODERM

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Blood islands Dermatomes Mesenteries:

Blood vessels Mesonephric duct Dorsal mesogaster
(endothelium) rudiments Hepatoduodenal
Dorsal mesocardium Mesonephric tubule ligament
Heart rudiments Hepatogastric ligament
Lateral plates Myotomes Mesoduodenum
Nephrotomes Sclerotomes Meosesophagus
Notochord Mesonephric ducts
Primitive blood cells Mesonephric tubules
Pronephric cords
Segmental plates and
somites

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 ENDODERM

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Foregut Allantois rudiment Cloaca

Thyroid rudiment Cranial liver rudiment Dorsal pancreatic
Caudal liver rudiment rudiment
Duodenum Esophagus
Lung buds Hindgut
Pharynx Laryngotracheal groove
Pharyngeal pouches Stomach
Preoral gut Tail gut

COMBINED GERM LAYERS

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Ectoderm and Ectoderm and somatic Ectoderm and somatic

mesoderm mesoderm mesoderm
Head mesenchyme Amnion Leg buds
Chorion Wing buds
Ectoderm and endoderm
Oral membrane Endoderm and Endoderm and
proamnion splanchnic mesoderm splanchnic mesoderm
Yolk sac Allantois

Ectoderm and endoderm Ectoderm and endoderm

Closing plates Cloacal membrane

Ectoderm, mesoderm,
and endoderm
Pharyngeal arches

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