amnion

  • 11Amnion — Infobox Anatomy Name = Amnion Latin = GraySubject = 12 GrayPage = 56 Caption = Surface view of embryo of Hylobates concolor. Caption2 = Human fetus, enclosed in the amnion. System = MeshName = Amnion MeshNumber = A10.615.284.277 : For the alien… …

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  • 12Amnion — eröffnete Gebärmutter einer Katze mit einem Fötus in der Mitte der Trächtigkeit (1 Nabel, 2 Amnion, 3 Allantois, 4 Dottersack, 5 sich entwickelndes Randhämatom, 6 mütterlicher Teil der Plazenta) Das Amnion (Amnios, auch Schafshaut) ist die dünne …

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  • 13amnion — /am nee euhn/, n., pl. amnions, amnia / nee euh/. 1. Anat., Zool. the innermost of the embryonic or fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended. 2. Zool. a similar membrane of insects and other… …

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  • 14Amnion — A thin membrane surrounding the fetus during pregnancy. The amnion is the inner of the two fetal membranes (the chorion is the outer one). It contains the amniotic fluid. * * * Innermost of the extraembryonic membranes enveloping the embryo in… …

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  • 15Amnion — Embryonalhülle * * * Ạm|ni|on 〈m. 6; unz.; Biol.〉 innerste, gefäßlose Embryonalhülle bei den höheren Wirbeltiere; Sy Schafhaut [<grch. amnos „Lamm“] * * * Ạm|ni|on, das; s [griech. amni̓on] (Biol., Med.): Eihaut der höheren Wirbeltiere u. des …

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  • 16amnion — noun (plural amnions or amnia) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, caul, from amnos lamb more at yean Date: 1667 1. a thin membrane forming a closed sac about the embryos or fetuses of reptiles, birds, and mammals and containing the amniotic fluid… …

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  • 17amnion — n.; pl. nions, nia [Gr. amnion, membrane around the fetus] (ARTHROPODA) The inner cellular, membranous embryonic covering of various insects and other arthropods …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 18amnion — Terrestrial vertebrates have embryos that develop in fluid filled sacs formed by the outgrowth of the extra embryonic ectoderm and mesoderm as projecting folds. These folds fuse to form two epithelia separated by mesoderm and coelom. The inner… …

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  • 19Amnion — Am|ni|on das; s <aus gr. amníon »Haut, die die Leibesfrucht umgibt«, eigtl. »Schafshaut«> Embryonalhülle der höheren Wirbeltiere u. des Menschen (Schafhaut, Eihaut; Biol., Med.) …

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  • 20ámnion — a m (ȃ) zool. notranja ovojnica zarodka pri sesalcih, pticah in plazilcih: amnion varuje zarodek pred poškodbami …

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