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meet above and posterior to the blastopore, so that the latter 

 can no longer be seen from the surface (Figs. 23, I), E, and 

 37, A). As a result the central canal of the nervous system 



H B 



LV PH 



Fig. 37. — Sagittal sections through two stages: A. when blastopore is overarched ; 

 B. when anus has formed. (After Marshall, with modifications in A.) A. Anus. 

 Fb. Fore-brain. Hb. HindVbrain. LV. Liver-diverticulum. Mb. Mid-brain. 

 N. Notochord. NT. Neurenteric canal. PD. Proctodeum. PH. Pharynx. 

 PN. Pineal body. PT. Pituitary body. 



becomes continuous at its posterior end with the overarched 

 blastopore, and by means of the latter the so-called neurenteric 



