title: Cranial morphogenesis.
abstract: The morphogenesis of the skull in the chick embryo is characterized by different steps, involving neural crest cell migration and appearance of chondroid tissue occupying the middle part of most of the ossification centres. This tissue represents the initial modality of the skeletogenic differentiation within the cephalic mesenchyme.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schowing
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000196:embryology; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004627:Embryonic Induction; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology; D009024:Morphogenesis; D010012:Osteogenesis; D012886:Skull / Q000196:embryology*