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Chickens
Table of Contents
Chickens
Introduction
Information on chickens
The egg
The anatomy of an egg
Video corner
Assignments
The anatomy of an egg
Here you see what an egg consists of:
Schematic of a chicken egg:
Eggshell
Outer membrane
Inner membrane
Chalaza
Exterior albumen (outer thin albumen)
Middle albumen (inner thick albumen)
Vitelline membrane
Nucleus of pander
Germinal disk (blastoderm)
Yellow yolk
White yolk
Internal albumen
Chalaza
Air cell
Cuticula