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  2. Chorion - Wikipedia

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    The chorion is the outermost fetal membrane around the embryo in mammals, birds and reptiles . It is also present around the embryo of other animals, like ...

  3. Fetal membranes - Wikipedia

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    The trophoblast layer differentiates into amnion and the chorion, which then comprise the fetal membranes. [4] The amnion is the innermost layer and, therefore, contacts the amniotic fluid, the fetus and the umbilical cord. [5] The internal pressure of the amniotic fluid causes the amnion to be passively attached to the chorion. [4]

  4. Amniotic sac - Wikipedia

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    The yolk sac, amnion, chorion, and allantois are the four extraembryonic membranes that lie outside of the embryo and are involved in providing nutrients and protection to the developing embryo. [5] They form from the inner cell mass; the first to form is the yolk sac followed by the amnion which grows over the developing embryo. The amnion ...

  5. Vitelline envelope - Wikipedia

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    It varies in thickness between different insects and even varies at different parts of the egg. It lies inside the outer shell of the egg, which is commonly referred to as the chorion. [1] The presence of the vitelline membrane defines the embryo's boundaries.

  6. Allantois - Wikipedia

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    The allantois (/ ə ˈ l æ n t oʊ ɪ s / a-LAN-toe-iss; [1] pl.: allantoides or allantoises) is one the extraembryonic membranes arising from the yolk sac.It is a hollow sac-like structure filled with clear fluid that forms part of the developing conceptus in an amniote that helps the embryo exchange gases and handle liquid waste.

  7. Gestational sac - Wikipedia

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    The gestational sac is spherical in shape, and is usually located in the upper part (fundus) of the uterus.By approximately nine weeks of gestational age, due to folding of the trilaminar germ disc, the amniotic sac expands and occupy the majority of the volume of the gestational sac, eventually reducing the extraembryonic coelom (the gestational sac or the chorionic cavity) to a thin layer ...

  8. Choriogenesis - Wikipedia

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    In developmental biology, choriogenesis is the formation of the chorion, an outer membrane of the placenta that eventually forms chorionic villi that allow the transfer of blood and nutrients from mother to fetus. [1]

  9. Glossary of developmental biology - Wikipedia

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    chorion. Also serosa and false amnion. 1. One of four extraembryonic membranes formed during the development of amniotes, arising from trophoblast and somatopleure as a corollary of the amnion and enclosing both the amnion and the allantois. The chorion provides the fetal contribution to the formation of the placenta. [1] [2] 2.