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Amnion vs Somatopleure - What's the difference?

amnion | somatopleure |

As nouns the difference between amnion and somatopleure

is that amnion is (anatomy) the innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended while somatopleure is (embryology) a fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.

amnion

English

(wikipedia amnion)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.

    • Derived terms

    * amniocentesis * amnionic * amniotic

    Anagrams

    * ----

    somatopleure

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (embryology) A fold of tissue, in the embryo of a vertebrate, from which the walls of the body and the amnion develop.

    • Derived terms

    * somatopleural * somatopleuric

    See also

    * splanchnopleure