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Definition of Allantois

Allantois
Allantois Al*lan"to*is, Allantoid Al*lan"toid, ] n.. (Anat.) A membranous appendage of the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles, -- in mammals serving to connect the fetus with the parent; the urinary vesicle.

Meaning of Allantois from wikipedia

- cord. While the function of the allantois remains conserved, there is a divergence in the characteristics of the allantois among mammalian species. Structural...
- connected to the yolk sac, the allantois, and via the umbilical cord, the placenta. The yolk sac, amnion, chorion, and allantois are the four extraembryonic...
- increased need for oxygen. To compensate for this, the chorion and the allantois fuse together to form the chorioallantoic membrane. Together these form...
- and fetus in humans and other mammals. They are the amnion, chorion, allantois, and yolk sac. The amnion and the chorion are the chorioamniotic membranes...
- illustrating early formation of allantois and differentiation of body-stalk. 1 Amniotic cavity 2 Body-stalk 3 Allantois 4 Yolk-sac 5 Chorion Diagram showing...
- the allantois, and thence upon the umbilical cord; the other is the smooth outer layer, continued upon the outer or chorional surface of the allantois, and...
- membranes (amnion for embryonic protection, chorion for gas exchange, and allantois for metabolic waste disposal or storage), thicker and keratinized skin...
- is at first prolonged backward into the body-stalk as the tube of the allantois; but, with the growth and flexure of the tail-end of the embryo, the body-stalk...
- the crystals previously isolated] are allantois acid, or the same substance that one found in the allantois fluid of cows; we will call it "allantoin"...
- surrounds the yolk, the amnion which surrounds and cushions the embryo, the allantois which among avians stores embryonic waste and ****ists with the exchange...