3D Model of Human Fetal Development (Week 17)

Explore 3D model

Get a quote to embed the 3D model on your platform

The 3D visualization reveals the human fetus at week 17, showing continued lengthening of the body and limbs and the beginning of fat deposition beneath the skin. The model draws attention to the formation of epidermal ridges on the fingertips and toes, which establish the individual fingerprint pattern, and to the thickening umbilical cord that supplies the growing fetus. This stage also marks the onset of brown fat formation, a tissue essential for heat production after birth, and helps explain how thermoregulatory reserves build up long before delivery.

Show more Show less