- formation of atrioventricular valves complete
- truncoconal septum growth completed
- ventricular septation continues
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skull formation
-
membranous neurocranium
- vault overlying the brain; frontal and parietal bones
- intramembranous ossification starts around week 8 but is not complete until after birth
- neural crest origin
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chondrocranium
- base of the skull, floor of the brain case
- endochondrial ossification
- ethmoid, sphenoid, occipital and temporal bones
- neural crest and paraxial mesoderm
-
viscerocranium
- bones of the face and mouth
- neural crest and lateral mesoderm
- maxilla and mandible by intramembranous
- the rest by endochondral ossification
- 90-degree rotation of stomach completed
- pontine flexure has now completely folded metencephalon onto myelencephalon
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bones of middle ear
-
malleus
- derived from Mn process
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Incus
- derived from Mx process
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Stapes
- derived from pharyngeal arch 2
- lingual papillae appear
- pre-Sertoli cells begin to secrete anti-mullerian hormone that causes regression of mullerian duct in males