Concept information
Preferred term
Gestational Sac
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Gestation Sac
- Gestation Sacs
- Sac, Gestation
- Sacs, Gestation
Scope note
- Round-shaped structure usually located in the upper fundus of the UTERUS in early pregnancy. It comprises EMBRYO; AMNIOTIC FLUID; and YOLK SAC. It is visible in PRENATAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY by the fifth week of pregnancy. Its size is often used to determine and monitor GESTATIONAL AGE; FETAL GROWTH; and PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS.
History note
- 2011
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058746
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