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amnion

[am-nee-uhn] / ˈæm ni ən /


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But a single placenta can make anywhere between 50 to 100 amnion grafts.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2025

In the following months, Mr Laskey had several procedures, including the amnion - the name of the tissue taken from the inner lining of the donated placenta - grafts.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2025

A method to correctly specify amnion formation is important to be able to recapitulate human embryo development as closely as possible using stem cell-based embryo models.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 2024

The umbilical cord is surrounded by the amnion, and the spaces within the cord around the blood vessels are filled with Wharton’s jelly, a mucous connective tissue.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Diagram of chick showing relations of amnion, allantois and yolk.

From A Critique of the Theory of Evolution by Thomas Hunt Morgan




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