- 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...
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fetus in
humans and
other mammals. They are the
amnion, chorion, allantois, and yolk sac. The
amnion and the
chorion are the
chorioamniotic membranes...
- membranes, the
amnion,
encloses the
amniotic cavity,
containing the
amniotic fluid and the embryo. The
outer membrane, the chorion,
contains the
amnion and is...
- and caecilians) — by the
development of
three extraembryonic membranes (
amnion for
embryonic protection,
chorion for gas exchange, and
allantois for metabolic...
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Amnion nodosum is
distinguished by
plaques of
squamous cells on the
amnion's fetal surface. The
condition was
previously known as "Amnionknötchen" (amniotic...
- (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...
-
pregnancy between the
developing fetus and mother. The
chorion and the
amnion together form the
amniotic sac. In
humans it is
formed by extraembryonic...
- the yolk sac, the
amnion, and the chorion. In
mammals these membranes are
known as
fetal membranes. The allantois,
along with the
amnion, chorion, and yolk...
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amniotic fluid is
present at birth. The
forewaters are
released when the
amnion ruptures. This is
commonly known as "water breaking." When this
occurs during...
- 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...
