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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK 



remain until hatching, and serve as a passageway of blood from 

 the right side to the left side. 



The completion of the cardiac septa takes place in such a 

 way that the aorta becomes connected with the left ventricle, 

 the pulmonary artery remaining in connection with the right. 

 To understand how this occurs it is necessary to remember that, 

 although the bulbus arteriosus is primitively connected with the 

 right side of the ventricle, the revolution of the latter has trans- 

 ferred the bulbus to the middle line where it lies to the right of 



Fig. 204. — Reconstruction of the heart of a 

 chickembryoof 5.7 mm. head-length. Ven- 

 tral face removed ; interior of the dorsal 

 half. (After Masius.) 

 Atr. d., s., Right and left auricles. D. C. 

 d., s., Right and left ducts of Cuvier. E. C, 

 Endothelial cushion, i. A. S., Interauricu- 

 lar septum. M. V., Opening of the meatus 

 venosus into the sinus. S. V., Sinus venosus. 

 V. d., s., Right and left ventricles. 



the interventricular septum, and ventral to the right division of 

 the auricular canal. The bulbo-auricular ridge thus forms the 

 floor of this side of the auricular canal. The interventricular 

 septum is attached to the right side of the cushion-septum and 

 its foramen and the aperture of the bulbus lie side by side. It 

 will also be remembered that the proximal portion of the bulbus 

 is divided by a partition formed by right and left endocardial 



