villus

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CVS or chorionic villus sampling, is offered at 10 to 13 weeks gestation.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2024

This restriction stems from the fact that the analysis currently necessitates either chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis, both procedures associated with discomfort and a slight risk of miscarriage.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024

In the past, women had to undergo chorionic villus sampling, in which cells are taken from the placenta, or amniocentesis, which involves removing fluid from the womb, to test for the chromosomal abnormality.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2018

The top surface of each villus has many microscopic projections called microvilli.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Each villus contains a loop of blood-vessels, and another vessel, the lacteal, so called from the Latin word lac, milk, because of the milky appearance of the fluid it contains.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.