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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:proctodeum portion of cloaca
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Definition:Most distal cloacal compartment; function is copulation and in some species develops a penis[Kardong].
Comment:[taxon-note] "For most birds this is where the phallus is located, but male parrots do not have a phallus. The Bursa of Fabricius is located here." xsd:string {source="http://caiquesite.com/glossary.htm"}
Synonyms:related_synonym: proctodeal wall of cloaca;   proctodeum
 xref: SCTID:298233001
 relational_adjective: proctodeal



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            organ part 0
              proctodeum portion of cloaca 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        cloaca 0
                          proctodeum portion of cloaca 0
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