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closely, as just noticed, witli the area, pellucida of a lien's egg 

 about the sixteenth hour of incubation. 



The formation of the rabbit embryo is also effected in very 

 similar fashion to the chick. The embryonal area increases in 

 size, especially by growth at its anterior end. Immediately in 

 front of the primitive streak a neural groove (Fig. 14i<, NG) is 



AN' 



E' 



TA 



SI 



FIG. 145. A Kabbit Embryo at the end of the ninth da)'. The entire blasto- 

 dermic vesicle is represented, with the embryo in situ, as seen from the 

 dorsal surface. (/. Fig. 146, which represents an embryo of the same age 

 in sagittal section.) x 10. 



AN', proarrmion. BM, mid-1 train. E', horse-shoe shaped patch of thickened epiblast, 

 by which the blastodei-mic vesicle is attached to the wall of the uterus (cf. Fig. 169). 

 MS, nicsoblastic somite or prot overt ebrn. R, right half of heart. SI, sinus teriuinalis. 

 TA, Jillantois. 



formed, bordered by neural folds, NF, which speedily unite, con- 

 verting the groove into a tube. This tube becomes the central 

 nervous system, and in its anterior or cerebral part the several 

 brain vesicles are early established (Fig. 145). 



By means of head, tail, and side folds the embryo is con- 



