Biology
- Angiogenesis
Term: angiogenesisLiterally meaning: ?production of new vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+???????/genesis(=origin) > ?????/geno(= ?to produce?, ?to give birth to?, ?to create?) Coined/History...
- Malacoplacia
Term: malacoplacia Literally meaning: ?soft flat plate? Origin: Anc Greek???????/malacos(=soft, weak) >??????/omalos(=smooth)+????/apto(=touch)????/plax(=flat plate) Coined/History in the early 1900s by German pathologist David Paul von...
- Amniotic Sac
Term: amniotic sacLiterally meaning: ?that surrounds contents?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) > probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gather+??????/sacos(=pocket or bag)Coined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the...
- Chorion
Term: chorionOrigin: Anc Greek??????/chorion(=outer membrane of the fetus , leather) Definition 1. outer membrane of the fetus in reptiles, birds, and mammals2. the true skin, or cutis...
- Changes Occuring In Embryo During Pregnancy
Days Changes 1 Fertilization. Diameter of egg is about 0.15 mm 2 2 cell stage 3 16 cell stage (morula) 4 Entry of blastocyst in the lumen of uterus. Disappearance of zona pellucida. Diameter of blastocyst is about 0.3 mm 7-8 Partial...
Biology
placenta
Term: placenta
Origin: Anc Greek ??????????/placundas(flat cake ) > ????/plax(=flat)
Coined: by Italian surgeon and anatomist Realdo Colombo in 16th cen
Definition:
It is an vascular fetomaternal organ that joins the developing fetus to the uterine providing fetus with the nourishment. It serves also to metabolic interchange between the embryo(eight weeks of gestation) or fetus (after 9 weeks of gestasion) and mother.
Comment
The word ?platelet? has also the same root with word "placenta"
- Angiogenesis
Term: angiogenesisLiterally meaning: ?production of new vessels?Origin: Anc Greek??????/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > ?????/aggos(=tube)+???????/genesis(=origin) > ?????/geno(= ?to produce?, ?to give birth to?, ?to create?) Coined/History...
- Malacoplacia
Term: malacoplacia Literally meaning: ?soft flat plate? Origin: Anc Greek???????/malacos(=soft, weak) >??????/omalos(=smooth)+????/apto(=touch)????/plax(=flat plate) Coined/History in the early 1900s by German pathologist David Paul von...
- Amniotic Sac
Term: amniotic sacLiterally meaning: ?that surrounds contents?Origin: Anc Greek??????/amnion (=liquid collection vessel) > probably derived from verb ????/amao=collect, gather+??????/sacos(=pocket or bag)Coined/HistoryThe author of the Iliad and the...
- Chorion
Term: chorionOrigin: Anc Greek??????/chorion(=outer membrane of the fetus , leather) Definition 1. outer membrane of the fetus in reptiles, birds, and mammals2. the true skin, or cutis...
- Changes Occuring In Embryo During Pregnancy
Days Changes 1 Fertilization. Diameter of egg is about 0.15 mm 2 2 cell stage 3 16 cell stage (morula) 4 Entry of blastocyst in the lumen of uterus. Disappearance of zona pellucida. Diameter of blastocyst is about 0.3 mm 7-8 Partial...