Extraembryonic coelom This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Extraembryonic_coelom".
The extraembryonic coelom is a portion of the conceptus consisting of a cavity between Heuser's membrane and the hypoblast.
It divides the two layers of extraembryonic mesoderm (splanchnopleuric and somatopleuric).
It is also known as the "chorionic cavity".[1]
Ectoderm: Surface ectoderm - Neuroectoderm - Somatopleure - Neurulation - Neural crest
Endoderm: Splanchnopleure
Blastocoele - Yolk sack/exocoelomic cavity - Heuser's membrane - Extraembryonic coelom - Vitelline duct
Umbilical cord (Umbilical artery, Umbilical vein, Wharton's jelly) - Allantois