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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:cloaca
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Definition:Common chamber into which the intestines and excretory system opens. Arises during development in all vertebrates, but in many it becomes subdivided, lost or incorporated into other structures.
Comment:[development-note] "hindgut endoderm and proctodeal ectoderm." xsd:string {source="WP"}; [homology-note] "A cloaca is apparently a primitive vertebrate feature because it occurs in most primitive gnathostomes and persists in the embryos of almost all vertebrates.[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001186", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0072528305 Kardong KV, Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution (2006) p.572", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}; [taxon-note] "Human beings only have an embryonic cloaca, which is split up into separate tracts during the development of the urinary and reproductive organs"
Synonyms:related_synonym: cloacal chamber;   vent
 xref: AAO:0000095;   GAID:1206;   MESH:D002988;   NCI:C34127;   SCTID:362857006;   SCTID:370631000;   UMLS:C0008987;   VHOG:0001186;   Wikipedia:Cloaca;   XAO:0000244;   ZFA:0005781
 relational_adjective: cloacal
 external_ontology: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9369



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          anatomical system 0
            genitourinary system 0
              cloaca 0
                allantois + 0
                cloacal bursa + 0
                cloacal epithelium + 0
                cloacal fold 0
                cloacal gland + 0
                cloacal lumen + 0
                cloacal mucosa 0
                cloacal muscle + 0
                cloacal papilla 0
                cloacal vent 0
                cloacal villus 0
                coprodeum 0
                embryonic cloaca + 0
                muscle layer of cloaca 0
                proctodeum portion of cloaca 0
                serosa of cloaca 0
                submucosa of cloaca 0
                urodeum + 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
                          allantois + 0
                          cloacal bursa + 0
                          cloacal epithelium + 0
                          cloacal fold 0
                          cloacal gland + 0
                          cloacal lumen + 0
                          cloacal mucosa 0
                          cloacal muscle + 0
                          cloacal papilla 0
                          cloacal vent 0
                          cloacal villus 0
                          coprodeum 0
                          embryonic cloaca + 0
                          muscle layer of cloaca 0
                          proctodeum portion of cloaca 0
                          serosa of cloaca 0
                          submucosa of cloaca 0
                          urodeum + 0
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