HEAD-FOLD TO TWELVE SOMITES 



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Fig. 63. — Embryo of 12 s, from above, drawTi 

 as a transparent object with transmitted 

 light. X 30. Abbreviations as before. 



IV. The Mesoblast 



The changes in the mesoblast during this period are of great 

 importance. At the time of appearance of the head-fold it con- 

 sists of two great sheets of cells between ectoderm and entoderm 



