The embryo and its adnexa (appendages or adjunct parts) or associated membranes (i.e. the products of conception) The conceptus includes all structures that develop from the zygote, both embryonic and extraembryonic. It includes the embryo as well as the embryonic part of the placenta and its associated membranes - amnion, chorion (gestational sac), and yolk sac[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptus http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0003834 ]
Synonyms: embryo plus adnexa
Term information
- BTO:0003834
- EMAPA:36040
- Wikipedia:Conceptus
- AEO:0000194
- NCIT:C34131
- EHDAA2:0003235
- EHDAA2:0000001
Term relations
- anatomical structure
- develops from some animal zygote
- has part some embryonic structure
- existence ends with some embryo stage
- existence starts with some embryo stage
- has part some entire extraembryonic component