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Embryo, Carnegie stage 15, day 36

Transverse section through the eye region through the head region, formation of eye, features

Formation of optic vesicle, the precursor of the optic cup, and as a result the lens vesicle in its normal site of development
At an abnormal site, the optic vesicle still leads to the formation of a lens vesicle