The fetal membranes include the yolk sac, chorion, amnion, umbilical cord, connecting stalk, allantois, vitelline duct, and placenta. The yolk sac is a membranous sac attached to the embryo that is formed from hypoblast cells next to the embryonic disk. It undergoes several modifications from a primitive yolk sac at 9 days to a final yolk sac by 8 weeks as the embryo develops.