Concept information
Preferred term
Cloaca
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Scope note
- A dilated cavity extended caudally from the hindgut. In adult birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes but few mammals, cloaca is a common chamber into which the digestive, urinary and reproductive tracts discharge their contents. In most mammals, cloaca gives rise to LARGE INTESTINE; URINARY BLADDER; and GENITALIA.
History note
- 68
In other languages
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Finnish
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cloaca
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kloaakki
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yhteissuoli
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002988
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