Friday, May 9, 2008

at 3 weeks

In the first 16-21 days the neural tube closes.

That, my friend, is what you looked like at one point.

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That groove right down the middle was what your proto-spinal cord looked like. And that glowing knob on the right? That'd be your brain.

There is also a disturbing resemblance to a fluke worm.

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That is pretty gross wondrous.

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