Current concepts of amniotic fluid dynamics.
Amniotic fluid at term in the human is the product of numerous exchanges with the fetal and indirectly, the maternal compartments. Our current information on the formation, circulation, and removal of this fluid is limited but provides an interesting concept of the steady-state regulation of this space. Further confirmation of this model comes from data describing drug exchange between mother, fetus, and amniotic fluid.
D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D001692:Biological Transport; D001834:Body Water / Q000502:physiology*; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D004058:Diffusion; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000502:physiology; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009995:Osmosis; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations