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Human developmental stages

From the 1st post conception week till the 12th

Days Weeks Prenatal stages Carnegie stages Anatomical element appearing at that stage
1 1st week post-fertilization human stage Carnegie stage 01
zygote, third polar body, human conceptus, human conceptus extraembryonic component, polar bodies, first polar body, second polar body, zona pellucida,
2 Cleavage stage, Morula stage Carnegie stage 02
morula (2-16 cells),
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4 Blastula stage Carnegie stage 03
human embryo, extraembryonic membranes, blastocoel, extraembryonic cavities, inner cell mass, mural trophectoderm, polar trophectoderm, trophectoderm,
5 Carnegie stage 04
polar trophectoderm cytotrophoblast, polar trophectoderm syncytiotrophoblast,
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7 Carnegie stage 05
8 2nd week post-fertilization human stage
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13 Gastrula stage Carnegie stage 06
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15 3rd week post-fertilization human stage Neurula stage Carnegie stage 07
angioblast clusters, connecting stalk blood vessels, head mesenchyme, mesenchyme, head mesenchyme from mesoderm and endoderm, notochordal process, chorion lacunae, connecting stalk blood islands,
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17 Carnegie stage 08
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19 Organogenesis stage Carnegie stage 09
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22 4th week post-fertilization human stage Carnegie stage 10
23 Carnegie stage 11
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26 Carnegie stage 12
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28 Carnegie stage 13
29 5th week post-fertilization human stage
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31 Carnegie stage 14
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35 Carnegie stage 15
36 6th week post-fertilization human stage
37 Carnegie stage 16
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42 Carnegie stage 17
43 7th week post-fertilization human stage
44 Carnegie stage 18
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48 Carnegie stage 19
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50 8th week post-fertilization human stage
51 Carnegie stage 20
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53 Carnegie stage 21
54 Carnegie stage 22
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56 Carnegie stage 23
57 9th week post-fertilization human stage Fetal stage
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64 10th week post-fertilization human stage
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71 11th week post-fertilization human stage
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78 12th week post-fertilization human stage
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Useful links : tree of anatomical element evolution (draft), Human Developmental Stages ontology (HSAPdv) , carnegie stages in the Human developmental anatomy ontology (EHDAA2)


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