Look up: cloaca

1. cloaca
   the common chamber into which digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems empty and which opens to the exterior.
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2. Cloaca
   A cloaca was a Roman sewer.
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3. cloaca
   In nematodes: A common duct or cavity in which the digestive and reproductive systems terminate in males.
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4. Cloaca
   cavity into which the intestinal, urinary and reproductive canals open.
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5. Cloaca
   An opening or cavity at the posterior of a vertebrate, usually a bird, into which the intestinal, urinary and reproductive ducts open. Also a chamber in male nematodes into which the digestive and reproductive systems enter and which empties through the anus.
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6. Cloaca
   Cloaca: A common passageway for feces, urine and reproduction. At one point in the development of the human embryo, there is a cloaca. It is the far end of a structure called the hindgut. This structure then divides to form a rectum, a bladder, and genitalia. The presence of a cloaca is normal in ma...
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7. Cloaca
   Clo'a'ca noun ; plural Cloacæ . [ Latin ] 1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome. 2. A privy. 3. (Anat.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals disch...
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8. cloaca
   1. <zoology> A common passage for faecal, urinary and reproductive discharge in most lower vertebrates. ... 2. <embryology> The terminal end of the hindgut before division into rectum, bladder and genital primordia. ... 3. <pathology> An opening in the involucrum of a necrosed bone. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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9. cloaca
   (klo-a´kә) pl. cloa´cae a common passage for fecal, urinary, and reproductive discharge in most lower vertebrates. in mammalian embryos, the terminal end of the hindgut before division into rectum, bladder, and the primordia of the reproductive organs. an opening in the covering or sheath of a...
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10. Cloaca
    • (n.) A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome. • (n.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes. • (n.) A privy.
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11. cloaca
    (Latin: `sewer`), in vertebrates, common chamber and outlet into which the intestinal, urinary, and genital tracts open. It is present in ... [8 related articles]
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12. cloaca
    (L. 'drain') 1. in zoology, a common passage for faecal, urinary, and reproductive discharge in most lower vertebrates. 2. in mammalian embryology, the terminal end of the hindgut before division into rectum, bladder, and genital primordia. 3. in pathology, an opening in the involucrum of a necrosed bone.
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13. Cloaca
    During embryonic development, the ending of the intestinal and genitourinary tract.
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14. cloaca
    cloaca (klōā'ku) , in biology, enlarged posterior end of the digestive tract of some animals. The cloaca, from the Latin word for sewer, is a single chamber into which pass solid and liquid waste materials as well as the products of the reproductive organs, the gametes. Cloacas are f...
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15. Cloaca
    In vertebrates a cloaca is the common chamber into which the ducts of the reproductive organs and of the kidneys open, together with the alimentary canal. A cloaca is present in birds and reptiles and in the lowest mammals, but is replaced in higher mammals by the anus and urinogenital aperture.
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16. cloaca
    Type: Term Pronunciation: klō-ā′kă Definitions: 1. In early embryos, the endodermally lined chamber into which the hindgut and allantois empty. 2. In birds and monotremes, the common chamber into which open the hindgut, bladder, and genital ducts.
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17. cloaca
    The common posterior chamber of most vertebrates into which the digestive, urinary, and reproductive tracts all enter; a cloaca is found in most reptiles, birds, and amphibians; many fishes; and, to a reduced degree, marsupial mammals. Placental mammals, however, have a separate digestive opening (the anus) and urinogenital opening. The...
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18. Cloaca
    the common terminal chamber for the intestinal and urogenital systems. Urinary and intestinal wastes collect here before passing out of the body. Eggs pass out of the oviduct through the cloaca when being laid. The cloaca terminates at an opening named the vent.
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19. Cloaca
    A body opening that serves both for excretion and for the reproductive organs.
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20. cloaca
    The common cavity and orofice where digestive, urinary and reproductive products are passed.
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21. cloaca
    Latin = a drain, sewer; common opening for intestinal, urinary and genital tracts in lower vertebrates, it is a transitory structure in human embryological development.
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22. Cloaca
    common chamber at end of digestive and urogenital systems
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23. cloaca
    Internal chamber into which the digestive, urinary and reproductive systems empty, opening to the outside through the anus.
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24. cloaca
    A chamber that opens through the anus that is used for both excretion and reproduction.
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25. Cloaca
    In zoological anatomy, a `cloaca` is the posterior opening that serves as the only such opening for the intestinal, reproductive, and urinary tracts of certain animal species. All birds, reptiles, and amphibians possess this orifice, from which they excrete both urine and feces, unlike placental mam...
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