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gas exchange and waste removal. In humans and other mammals they are more usually known as the fetal membranes.

In amniotes

There are four standard extraembryonic membranes in amniotes, i.e. reptiles (including birds) and mammals:
#the yolk sac which surrounds the yolk
#the amnion which surrounds and cushions the

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