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  2. Aerenchyma - Wikipedia

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    Aerenchyma in stem cross section of a typical wetland plant. Aerenchyma or aeriferous parenchyma [1] or lacunae, is a modification of the parenchyma to form a spongy tissue that creates spaces or air channels in the leaves, stems and roots of some plants, which allows exchange of gases between the shoot and the root. [2]

  3. Human embryonic development - Wikipedia

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    Human embryology is the study of this development during the first eight weeks after fertilization. The normal period of gestation (pregnancy) is about nine months or 36 weeks. The germinal stage refers to the time from fertilization through the development of the early embryo until implantation is completed in the uterus .

  4. Fetal membranes - Wikipedia

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    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] The chorion functions to separate the amnion from the maternal decidua and uterus. [4]

  5. Lacuna (histology) - Wikipedia

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    This constitutes the so-called capsule of the space. Each lacuna is generally occupied by a single cell, but during the division of the cells, it may contain two, four, or eight cells. Lacunae are found between narrow sheets of calcified matrix that are known as lamellae (/ l ə ˈ m ɛ l i / lə-MEL-ee).

  6. Yolk sac - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] Before the placenta is formed and can take over, the yolk sac provides nutrition and gas exchange between the mother and the developing embryo. [ 6 ] At the end of the fourth week, the yolk sac presents the appearance of a small pear-shaped opening (traditionally called the umbilical vesicle ), into the digestive tube by a long narrow ...

  7. Lacuna - Wikipedia

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    Scientific lacuna, an area of science that has not been studied but has potential to be studied; Lacuna or accidental gap, in linguistics, a word that does not exist but which would be permitted by the rules of a language; Lacuna, in law, largely overlapping a non liquet ("it is not clear"), a gap (in the law)

  8. 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.

  9. Cleavage (embryo) - Wikipedia

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    In embryology, cleavage is the division of cells in the early development of the embryo, following fertilization. [1] The zygotes of many species undergo rapid cell cycles with no significant overall growth, producing a cluster of cells the same size as the original zygote.