ORIGIN OF THE PRIMITIVE VERTEBRA. 



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ap])ear tlii^ee, four, and five pairs, and finally a larger number 

 of these pieces, which are called the primitive vertebra3. 



In Fig. 108 the em- 

 bryo has eight primi- 

 tive vertebrae and 

 three bi-ain-blaclders ; 

 the first brain-bladder 

 {h) shows two lateral 

 protuberances, the 

 first rudiments of the 

 eye -bladders (c) ; the 

 second (cZ) and the 

 third ('') bi'ain-blad- 

 ders are much 

 smaller ; a indicates 

 the edge of the head- 

 sheath of the amnion. 



In Fig. 109 the 

 embryo has ten 

 primitive verte- 

 brae; in the germ- 

 area the fu-st 

 traces of the net 

 of blood-vessels 

 appear, bounded 

 hy the verM terini. 

 nalis (a) -. b, tail- 

 sheath, bb, head- 

 sheath of the 

 amnion; the folds 

 in the latter indi- 

 cate the serous 

 membrane. 



