Term Name: | embryonic cloaca |
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Synonyms: | cloaca |
Definition: | endoderm-lined chamber that develops as pouch-like dilation of the caudal end of the hindgut and receives the allantois ventrally and two mesonephric ducts laterally; caudally it ends blindly at the cloacal membrane formed by the union of proctodeal (anal pit) ectoderm and cloacal endoderm, with no intervening mesoderm[MP]. |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0000163] |