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Fig. 25. Diagram illustrating early formation of allantois and differentiation of body-stalk

The Allantois (Figs. 25 to 28).—The allantois arises as a tubular diverticulum of the posterior part of the yolk-sac; when the hind-gut is developed the allantois is carried backward with it and then opens into the cloaca or terminal part of the hind-gut: it grows out into the body-stalk, a mass of mesoderm which lies below and around the tail end of the embryo. The diverticulum is lined by entoderm and covered by mesoderm, and in the latter are carried the allantoic or umbilical vessels. In reptiles, birds, and many mammals the allantois becomes expanded into a vesicle which projects into the extra-embryonic coelom.

--Mark Hill (talk) 12:38, 25 April 2013 (EST)

• allantois - An extraembryonic membrane, endoderm in origin extension from the early hindgut, then cloaca into the connecting stalk of placental animals, connected to the superior end of developing bladder. In reptiles and birds, acts as a reservoir for wastes and mediates gas exchange. In mammals is associated/incorporated with connecting stalk/placental cord fetal-maternal interface.
• body-stalk - (connecting stalk) Historic term used to describe the early extra-embryonic mesoderm region connecting the embryonic disc to the chorion. Present mainly in week 3 of human development, this region will later form the placental cord region, becomes vascular, and connect the embryo to the placenta.

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Reference

Gray H. Anatomy of the human body. (1918) Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger.

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