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Embryonic Structures > Fetus > Amniotic Fluid
Fluids and Secretions > Amniotic Fluid

Preferred term

Amniotic Fluid  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Amniotic Fluid Index
  • Amniotic Fluid Indices
  • Fluid Index, Amniotic
  • Fluid Indices, Amniotic
  • Index, Amniotic Fluid
  • Indices, Amniotic Fluid

Note

  • intra-amniotic injections do not go here: use AMNION + INJECTIONS; excess fluid and hydramnios = POLYHYDRAMNIOS; fluid deficiency = OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS

Scope note

  • A clear, yellowish liquid that envelopes the FETUS inside the sac of AMNION. In the first trimester, it is likely a transudate of maternal or fetal plasma. In the second trimester, amniotic fluid derives primarily from fetal lung and kidney. Cells or substances in this fluid can be removed for prenatal diagnostic tests (AMNIOCENTESIS).

In other languages

  • lapsivesi

    Finnish

  • amnionneste
  • liquor amnii
  • liquor amnioticus
  • sikiöneste
  • sikiövesi
  • Fostervatten

    Swedish

  • Amnionvätska

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000653

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