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chorioallantois

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chorioallantois /cho·rio·al·lan·to·is/ (-ah-lan´to-is) an extraembryonic structure formed by union of the chorion and allantois, which by means of vessels in the associated mesoderm serves in gas exchange. In reptiles and birds, it is a membrane apposed to the shell; in many mammals, it forms the placenta.chorioallanto´ic
cho·ri·o·al·lan·to·is (kôr--lnt-s)
n.
The highly vascular extraembryonic membrane formed by the fusion of the allantois with the chorion that constitutes the placenta in most mammals.
chori·o·allan·toic (--ln-tk) adj.
chorioallantois [kor″e-o-ah-lan´to-is]
an extraembryonic structure formed by union of the chorion and allantois, which by means of vessels in the associated mesoderm serves in gas exchange; in many mammals, it forms the placenta. adj., adj chorioallanto´ic.
chorioallantois
an extraembryonic structure formed by union of the chorion and allantois, which by means of vessels in the associated mesoderm serves in gas exchange; in many mammals, it forms the placenta.
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