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While the cells of the inner wall are elongating 

 until they form what might almost be called 



Ao.D 



EC 



mes. 



f.b. 



FIG. 58. TRANSVERSE SECTION THROUGH THE ANTE- 

 RIOR REGION OF A CHICK EMBRYO WITH ABOUT TWENTY- 

 EIGHT SEGMENTS. (After Minot.) 



Ao., trunk of the aorta. Ao.D., descending aorta. Ao.*, second 

 aortic arch, card., anterior cardinal vein. cl.II., second entodermal 

 gill-pouch. EC.) ectoderm, f.b., fore-brain, h.b., hind-brain. Hi., 

 heart, mes., mesoderm. My., muscle plate, nek., notochord. Op., 

 optic vesicle. Ph., pharynx. 



fibres, the cells of the outer wall, except at the 

 periphery of the lens, where they become con- 



