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THE SECOND DAY. 



Fig. 31. 

 A 



[chap. 



B 



Two Diagrammatic Sections of a thirty-six hours' Embryo 



ILLUSTRATING THE STRUCTURE OF THE HeART SHORTLY 

 AFTER ITS FORMATION. A IS THE ANTERIOR SECTION. 



/(b. hiud brain ; nc. notochord ; E. epiblast ; so. somatopleure ; 

 sp. splanchnopleure ; d. alimentary canal ; /;y. hypoblast ; 

 hz. (in A) heart ; of. vitelline vein. 



In A the two halves of the heart have coalesced to form an 

 unpaired tube suspended from the ventral wall of the throat. 



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