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elongated into a thin stalk, which at first opens outward in 

 a narrow canal. (Cf. Fig. 137,/, vol. i. p. 382.) This is called 

 the appendage of the labyrinth recessus labyrinthi. Fig. 24-6, Ir). 



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Fig. 246.— Development of the ear-labyrinth of a Chick, in five con- 

 secutive stages {A-E) (cross-sections through the rudimentary skull) : fl, 

 ear-groove ; Iv, ear- vesicle ; Ir, lab^'rinth appendage ; c, rudiment of the 

 cochlea ; cs}o, hind semi-circular canal ; cse, outer semi-circular canal ; 

 jr, jugular vein. (After Reissner.) 



Figs. 247, 248. — Head of an embryonic Chick, on the third day of incuba- 

 tion : 247 in front, 248 from the right ; n, rudimentary nose (olfactory 

 groove) ; 7, rudimentary eye (ocular groove) ; g, rudimentary ear (auditory 

 groove) ; V, fore-brain ; gl, eye-slit ; o, process of the upper jaw ; u, process 

 of the lower jaw of the first gill-arch. (After Koelliker.) 



Fig. 249. — Primitive brain of human embryo of four weeks, in vertical 

 section, and the left half observed from within : v, z, m, h, v, the five grooves of 

 the skull cavity in which the five brain bladders are situated (fore, twixt, 

 mid, hind, and after brains) ; o, primary, pear-shaped auditory vesicle 

 (showing through); a, eye (showing through); no, optic nerve; p, canal of 

 the hypophysis; ^ central skull-pieces, (From Koelliker.) 



