ect pi. -j 



Fig. 9 Egg-cylinder of albino 

 rat, in which the antimesometrial 

 and mesometrial portions of the 

 proamniotic cavity have failed to 

 unite to form a single or definite 

 proamniotic cavity. X 200. Rat 

 No. 41, 8 days, 16 hours, after the 

 beginningof insemination, ect.pl., 

 ectoplacental cone or Triiger; 

 p. ect., parietal or transitory ecto- 

 derm; v.ent., visceral entoderm; 

 met.pr., mesometrial portion of 

 the proamniotic cavity; ex.ect., ex- 

 traembryonic ectoderm; a.met.pr., 

 antimesometrial portion of the 

 proamniotic cavity; pr.emb.ect., 

 primary embryonic ectoderm; +, 

 region at which, in normal de- 

 velopment, by the end of the 

 eighth and beginning of the ninth 

 day, the two portions of the pro- 

 amniotic cavity would have united 

 to form a single space, the definite 

 proamniotic cavity. 



p. ect -I / 



v. ent 



met. pr 



pr. emb. ent 



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i- ex. ect 



a. met. pr. 



| -pr.emb.ect 



