Schematic of Spinal Cord Development

A Schematic of Spinal Cord Development

Here's the animation you just clicked on, labelled and in schematic form so you can see all the stages at once. The lengths below each image refer to the stage of development of the pig embryo, but remember that this developmental pattern applies to most vertebrates.

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Special thanks to Hans Christoffersen for the preparation of this page.

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Sandra K. Ackerley (ackerley@uoguelph.ca),
Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.