loading...| Preferred Name |
cloaca |
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| Synonyms |
cloacal chamber vent |
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| Definitions |
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. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000162 |
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| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C34127 SCTID:362857006 AAO:0000095 XAO:0000244 VHOG:0001186 UMLS:C0008987 MESH:D002988 ZFA:0005781 Wikipedia:Cloaca SCTID:370631000 GAID:1206 |
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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. |
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| development_notes |
hindgut endoderm and proctodeal ectoderm. |
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| editor note |
adding df link to embryonic cloaca leads to a cycle in uberon-simple, as cloaca is a suberclass of embryonic cloaca |
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| external_definition |
A common passage for fecal, urinary, and reproductive discharge in most lower vertebrates as well as the terminal end of the hindgut before division into rectum, bladder, and genital primordia in mammalian embryos. [TFD][VHOG] Anatomical structure which is the common receptacle for the alimentary canal, Wolffian ducts, oviducts, and the bladder.[AAO] |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
cloacal chamber vent |
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| has_relational_adjective |
cloacal |
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| homology_notes |
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] |
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UBERON:0000162 |
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| label |
cloaca |
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| notation |
UBERON:0000162 |
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| prefLabel |
cloaca |
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| taxon_notes |
Human beings only have an embryonic cloaca, which is split up into separate tracts during the development of the urinary and reproductive organs |
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