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  2. Fetal membranes - Wikipedia

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    The amnion and the chorion are the chorioamniotic membranes that make up the amniotic sac which surrounds and protects the embryo. [2] The fetal membranes are four of six accessory organs developed by the conceptus that are not part of the embryo itself, the other two are the placenta, and the umbilical cord. [1]

  3. Amniotic sac - Wikipedia

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    The inner of these membranes, the amnion, encloses the amniotic cavity, containing the amniotic fluid and the embryo. The outer membrane, the chorion, contains the amnion and is part of the placenta. On the outer side, the amniotic sac is connected to the yolk sac, the allantois, and via the umbilical cord, the placenta. [4]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Amnion - Wikipedia

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    This, the amniotic fold, first makes its appearance at the cephalic extremity, and subsequently at the caudal end and sides of the embryo, and gradually rising, its different parts meet and fuse over the dorsal aspect of the embryo, and enclose a cavity, the amniotic cavity. This kind of amnion is known as pleuroamnion (formed by folding), as ...

  6. How Texas 'miracle baby' might have been saved by his twin ...

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    An ultrasound showed that Wally's amniotic sac had ruptured, and he had very little amniotic fluid. ... Both the mom and baby also have an increased risk of infection with a hole in the placenta ...

  7. Monochorionic twins - Wikipedia

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    In addition to a shared placenta, monochorionic twins also have their circulatory systems intermingled in random and unpredictable circulatory anastomoses. This can cause disproportionate blood supply, resulting in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) in 20% [1] of MoDi pregnancies. This is the main complication of monochorionic twins.

  8. Human embryonic development - Wikipedia

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    Histogenesis of the three germ layers Artificially colored – gestational sac, yolk sac and embryo (measuring 3 mm at five weeks) Embryo attached to placenta in amniotic cavity The primitive streak , a linear collection of cells formed by the migrating epiblast, appears, and this marks the beginning of gastrulation , which takes place around ...

  9. Fetal circulation - Wikipedia

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    In the fetal stage, the lungs fill with fluid and collapse because the fetus is within the amniotic sac and the placenta is providing the oxygen it needs to grow. With the lung collapsed, pulmonary vascular resistance remains high during the fetal stage to prevent blood flow into the lungs. [2]