Embryotoxic and Teratogenic Effects of Nickel in Swiss Albino Mice during Organogenetic Period

Figure 14

Photograph showing skeleton of fetus with reduced ossification of skull bones—frontal (F), parietal (P), intraparietal (Ip) and supraoccipital (So), gap between the ribs (Ri) and reduced ossified metatarsals (Mt), and phalanges (Ph) at the dose of 184.5 mg Ni/kg b.wt. as NiCl₂·6H₂O.