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AMNIO AMNION AMNIOS AMNIOCENTESIS AMNIOCELE
~ AMNIO or AMNION or AMNIOS ~ AMNIOCENTESIS med> PUNCTURE OF THE AMNIOTIC CAVITY gr> KENTESIS = TAP PERFORATE PRICK ~ AMNIOCELE or OMPHALOCELE see> OMPHALE myth> OMPHALON was the NAVEL or CENTER OF THE WORLD gr OMPHALOS = UMBILICAL implies ROUND see> APOLLO med> ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT AT THE UMBILICAL POINT sug> NAVEL WITH PROTRUSION OF see> OMPHALE ABDOMINAL CONTENTS or sug> ABDUCT EVENTRATION sug> VENTOSE COVERED BY A MEMBRANE or sug> FILM PERITONEUM or AMNION sug> CAELE ~ AMNION id+ | TO GATHER or KEEP TOGETHER | biol> note AMOEBA sug> FLOCK AMONION IS THE INNER MOST MEMBRANE ENVELOPING THE MAMMALIAN FETUS med> in gr MEMBRANE ENVELOPING THE FETUS also A BOWL or OTHER ENVELOPING OBJECT AMNION IS THE INNER PLACENTAL MEMBRANE AND IS CLOSEST TO THE FETUS AND SEPARATES DEVELOPING STRUCTURES FROM THE HIGHLY VASCULAR PLACENTAL CHORION ~ AMNIOS gr AMNEIOS = SACRIFICIAL VESSEL FOR BLOOD AMNOS LAMB SHEEP med> AMNIOCENTESIS or TAPPING THE AMNIOTIC CAVITY TO OBTAIN AMNIOTIC FLUID AND CELLS IS MOST OFTEN USED FOR PRENATAL TESTS INCLUDING CULTURES OF AMNIOTIC CELLS TO BE USED FOR CHROMOSOME AND BIOCHEMICAL ASSAYS note FETAL CHROMOSOMES CAN BE ANALYZED IN AMNIOTIC CELLS FOR THE PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME AND OTHER CHROMOSOMAL ALTERATIONS IN THE UNBORN med> ADHESION OF EMBRYONIC BODY AREAS TO THE AMNION or TO AMNIOTIC BANDS CAN CAUSE MALFORMATIONS WHICH ARE OF ACQUIRED NATURE THUS INDICATING THAT THE FETUS IS OTHERWISE NORMAL see> OVERVIEW - AMNIOTIC BANDS 20151024 ww |