Embryo 8004 - Stage 5b
Fig. 4. Hertig and Rock, 1945.

Surface view of the implantation site (photographed under fluid), showing the almost completely implanted ovum. The dark, irregularly oval area in the center of the opaque ring represents all that is visible of the abembryonic wall of the ovum.

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