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Type of sac
Derivation chorionic

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Placenta is diffuse and epitheliochorial with a crescent-like chorion.
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The egg is covered by a hard-ridged protective outer layer of shell, called the chorion.
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Butterfly eggs are protected by a hard-ridged outer layer of shell, called the chorion.
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Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments localize both proteins to the chorion loci in vivo.
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An amnion, chorion, and allantois are present during embryonic life.
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Also, most marsupial allantoises do not fuse with the chorion.
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Chorion estimates that there have been about 190 film and TV adaptations of Christie's work worldwide.
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An exception is the allantois of the bandicoot, which has a vasculature, and fuses with the chorion.
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From the deciduas they may reach the space between the amnion and chorion, the amniotic fluid, and finally the fetus.
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More examples
  • The outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
  • (chorionic) of or relating to a chorion; "a chorionic villus is a minute vascular projection on the fetal 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. ...
  • Chorion Limited is a media company based in the United Kingdom and owned by Lord Waheed Alli. It possesses the rights to The Mr. Men Show and the literary works of Beatrix Potter, Enid Blyton, Raymond Chandler , Agatha Christie, and Georges Simenon. ...
  • The protective and nutritive membrane that attaches higher vertebrate fetuses to the uterus; The outer case of an insect egg
  • The two-layered structure formed from the trophoblast after implantation; secretes human chorionic gonadotropin.
  • A thick and durable substance which surrounds and encloses the eggs of all species within the order Lepidoptera. With some eggs this substance is smooth whereas with others it is decorated with symmetrical art-like features. ...
  • One of the four extraembryonic membranes of amniotes; it forms from the somatopleure (ectoderm and somatic mesoderm). In birds and reptiles, the membrane adheres to the shell and is highly vascularized to serve in gas exchange. ...
  • The cellular, outermost extraembryonic membrane, composed of trophoblast lined with mesoderm. It develops villi about two weeks after fertilization. Villi are the threadlike projections growing in tufts on the external surface of the chorion. At three weeks, it is vascularized by allantoic vessels.