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Definition of Amnion

Amnion
Amnion Am"ni*on, n. [Gr. ? the membrane round the fetus, dim. of ? lamb.] (Anat.) A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Meaning of Amnion from wikipedia

- Look up amnion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The amnion (pl.: amnions or amnia) is a membrane that closely covers human and various other embryos...
- membranes, the amnion, encloses the amniotic cavity, containing the amniotic fluid and the embryo. The outer membrane, the chorion, contains the amnion and is...
- fetus in humans and other mammals. They are the amnion, chorion, allantois, and yolk sac. The amnion and the chorion are the chorioamniotic membranes...
- and caecilians) — by the development of three extraembryonic membranes (amnion for embryonic protection, chorion for gas exchange, and allantois for metabolic...
- pregnancy between the developing fetus and mother. The chorion and the amnion together form the amniotic sac. In humans it is formed by extraembryonic...
- Amnion nodosum is distinguished by plaques of squamous cells on the amnion's fetal surface. The condition was previously known as "Amnionknötchen" (amniotic...
- The Amnion (singular, Amnioni) are a fictional alien species in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Gap Cycle. They are shown to be the only alien race humanity...
- significant contributor to amniotic fluid. Amnion nodosum; failure of secretion by the cells of the amnion covering the placenta[citation needed] Placental...
- intra-amniotic infection (IAI), is inflammation of the fetal membranes (amnion and chorion), usually due to bacterial infection. In 2015, a National Institute...
- (vascular insult) and from amniotic band syndrome: fibrous bands of the amnion that constrict fetal limbs to such an extent that they fail to form or actually...