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8th week of pregnancy.

Main event: completion of organ laying.

• The fetal brain grows rapidly, causing a disproportionate increase in the head compared to the body.

• Externally and internally, the embryo is increasingly acquiring human features: individual parts of the head, torso and elongated limbs can be identified. The body of the embryo begins to straighten gradually.

• The face continues to form: the rudiments of the nose appear, the nostrils become visible, the upper lip is formed. The eyes are almost fully developed, but are still covered by the skin of the not yet fully formed eyelids.

• The ears are still forming closer to the neck, and the eyes are on both sides of the head, which is tilted towards the chest.

• Formed liver, pancreas, lungs.

• The intestine begins its movement from the umbilical cord into the body of the embryo.

• Fingers appear with wide pads and membranes, while they are very short, but they can already be seen on ultrasound.