Cloaca Chamber

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MSH: 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.,NCI: The singular posterior opening of the intestinal and urinary tracts of birds, reptiles, amphibians, marsupials and monotremes. (NCI),NCI: The singular posterior opening of the intestinal and urinary tracts of birds, reptiles, amphibians, marsupials and monotremes.

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