Journal of Morphology · 1969 · 352 citations · 4 references
MedicineAnatomyDevelopmental BiologyDevelopmental AnatomyEmbryologyPrenatal DiagnosisCongenital MalformationsFetal AnomaliesFetal Anomaly DetectionFetal DevelopmentFetal PathologyFetal PhysiologyCongenital Cardiovascular MalformationsCongenital Malformation DetectionCongenital Malformation DevelopmentCongenital PathologyEmbryologic MalformationsFetal Cardiovascular MalformationsFetal Structural Anomaly DetectionPrenatal Diagnosis Of Malformations
Abstract A rapid method for examining rat fetuses is presented. The technique consists of fixing the fetuses in Bouin's solution, serially sectioning the head, neck and lower trunk with a razor blade and doing sagittal sections of the heart after opening the thoracic cavity. Examples of sections from normal 20 day rat fetuses are given as well as some with the following abnormalities: cleft palate produced by chlorcyclizine and eye and heart malformations resulting from anti‐adult rat kidney serum.
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