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What is the general function of the membranes that surrounds the fetus?
Protection
What is the general function of a membrane that surrounds a fetus?
Protection
What is the general function of the membranes that surround a fetus?
Protection
Which of these membranes forms a protective sac that surruonds the embryo?
The amniotic sac is the sac in which the fetus develops in amniotes. Its wall is the amnion, the inner of the two fetal membranes. It encloses the amniotic cavity and the embryo.
Is amniotic fluid urine or a separate fluid that surrounds the developing fetus in the womb?
Amniotic fluid is a separate fluid that surrounds and protects the developing fetus in the womb. It is not urine.
Where in the uterus does the baby grow?
The fertilized egg (which develops into a baby eventually) implants itself into the uterine wall/lining. The lining surrounds the egg as it matures and develops into a fetus and a placenta and amniotic sac surrounds the fetus eventually to nourish it.
What are amniotic membranes?
A thin membrane surrounding the fetus and containing serous fluid.
How do perinatal transmissions infect the fetus?
Perinatal transmissions infect the fetus after its protective membranes rupture--the waters break--and during labor and delivery when the fetus is exposed to maternal blood.
What is the role of the chorion?
The chorion is one of the membranes that exist during pregnancy between the developing fetus and mother. It is formed by extraembryonic mesoderm and the two layers of trophoblast and surrounds the embryo and other membranes.
Does the diaphram function in the fetus?
No
Where do the amniotic membranes come from?
The amniotic membranes are formed from the fetal tissues, specifically from the fetus's skin and cells lining the amniotic cavity. These membranes start developing early in pregnancy and play a crucial role in protecting and supporting the developing fetus in the womb.
The sac that surrounds the fetus and usually ruptures just before childbirth is the?
amniotic sac
