DeCS

Descriptor English:

Amniotic Fluid

Descriptor Spanish:

Líquido Amniótico

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	líquido amniótico
Scope note:	Líquido claro amarillento que rodea al FETO dentro del saco del AMNIOS. En el primer trimestre es un trasudado de plasma materno y fetal. En el segundo trimestre deriva principalmente del riñón y pulmón fetales. De este líquido se pueden extraer células y sustancias para realizar pruebas de diagnóstico prenatal (AMNIOCENTESIS).

Descriptor Portuguese:

Líquido Amniótico

Descriptor French:

Liquide amniotique

Entry term(s):

Index amniotique
Index de Phélan
Index du liquide amniotique

Tree number(s):

A12.098
A16.378.149

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000653

Scope note:

A clear, yellowish liquid that envelopes the FETUS inside the sac of AMNION. In the first trimester, it is likely a transudate of maternal or fetal plasma. In the second trimester, amniotic fluid derives primarily from fetal lung and kidney. Cells or substances in this fluid can be removed for prenatal diagnostic tests (AMNIOCENTESIS).

Annotation:

intra-amniotic injections do not go here: use AMNION + INJECTIONS; excess fluid and hydramnios = POLYHYDRAMNIOS; fluid deficiency = OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS

Allowable Qualifiers:

CH composition chimique
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EN enzymologie
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
VI virologie