amnion
(am′nē-on″, -ŏn)
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[Gr. amnion, lamb]
The innermost fetal membrane. It is a thin, transparent sac that holds the fetus suspended in amniotic fluid. The amnion grows rapidly at the expense of the extraembryonic coelom, and by the end of the third month it fuses with the chorion, forming the amniochorionic sac.
SYN: SEE: bag of waters.
amniotic (am″nē-ot′ik)
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, adj. SEE: oligohydramnios
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Amnion." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763829/all/amnion.
Amnion. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763829/all/amnion. Accessed December 5, 2024.
Amnion. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763829/all/amnion
Amnion [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763829/all/amnion.
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