Chick embryo head with optic vesicle
The eyes make their appearance before the closure of the anterior end of the neural tube. After the closure of the tube they are known as the optic vesicles.
This diagram of the optical vesicle indicates the forebrain, bulbus cordis, atrium, ventricle, and vitelline vein.
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