villus
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In addition to amniocentesis, which removes and tests a small sample of cells from amniotic fluid, these also include CVS, or chorionic villus sampling, which tests a small piece of tissue from the placenta.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
This restriction stems from the fact that the analysis currently necessitates either chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis, both procedures associated with discomfort and a slight risk of miscarriage.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
The same would be true of women who have prenatal testing of fetuses with amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling, known as C.V.S.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
In the past, women had to undergo chorionic villus sampling, in which cells are taken from the placenta, or amniocentesis, which involves removing fluid from the womb, to test for the chromosomal abnormality.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2018
They are freely supplied with blood-vessels, so that when a piece of a villus is broken off there is likely to be blood in the urine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Having an extra-thick uterine lining, as is the case in humans, helps the female body keep at bay the tentacle-like villi of the invasive human placenta should pregnancy occur.
From Slate ● Sep. 7, 2024
Water-soluble nutrients enter the capillary blood in the villi and travel to the liver via the hepatic portal vein.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Located in intestinal villi, hephaestin enables iron to be absorbed by intestinal cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These two activities are facilitated by structural adaptations that increase the mucosal surface area by 600-fold, including circular folds, villi, and microvilli.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
At first the villi themselves contain no blood-vessels.
From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.
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