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caption_attribution_description: English: Title: A laboratory manual for comparative vertebrate anatomy Identifier: cu31924021952902 (find matches) Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Hyman, Libbie Henrietta, 1888-1969 Subjects: Anatomy, Comparative Publisher: Chicago, Ill.&#160;: University of Chicago Press Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF THE UROGENITAL SYSTEM 279 as a vagina to receive the penis. In mammals above marsupials the two vaginae fuse to a single vagina (hence the name Monodelphia). There is also generally more or less fusion of the two uteri (Fig. 63). When only the posterior portions of uteri are fused, the fused portion is called the body of the uterus and the separate portions the horns of the uterus. In man and other primates the uteri are fused along their entire length producing the single uterus or womb. The young of the placental mammals develop only in the uterine part of the oviducts • in those forms with partially fused uteri, only in the horns. 5. The evolution of the cloaca.—The cloaca is found in all vertebrates except cyclostomes, teleostomes, and the placental mammals. It receives the termination of the intestine and the urinary and genital ducts. From the preceding account it will be evident that in the males of elasmobranchs and Amphibia the cloaca receives only the Wolffian ducts, while in the females both oviducts and Wolffian ducts enter it (Fig. 62A and E). It commonly happens however, that in the males of these groups vestiges of the oviducts are present. In the males Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 64.—Diagrams to illustrate the changes in the cloaca in mammals during development. A, early embryonic stage, showing the cloaca receiving the urinary bladder, the rectum, and the Wolffian duct, as in the lower vertebrates. B, later stage, showing the beginning of the fold which divides the cloaca into a ventral urogenital sinus which receives the urinary bladder, Wolffian ducts, and ureters, and into a dorsal part which receives the rectum. C, further progress of the fold, dividing the cloaca into urogenital sinus and rectum; the ureter has separated from the Wolffian duct and is shifting anteriorly. D, completion of the fold, showing complete separation of the cloaca into ventral uro- genital sinus and dorsal rectum. Note in D that the ureter has shifted farther so that it opens into the urinary bladder. of reptiles and birds the cloaca receives the Wolffian ducts (vasa deferentia) and the ureters; in the females the oviducts and the ureters (Fig. 62C and D). In addition, in many fishes, Amphibia, reptiles, and the embryos of birds and mammals the urinary bladder opens into the ventral wall of the cloaca. Adult birds have no urinary bladder; mammals have one, but it is no longer attached to the digestive tract. In placental mammals marked changes occur in the relations of the terminal portions of the urogenital 'ducts. In the embryo the cloaca becomes divided by a fold which extends posteriorly to the body wall and separates the cloaca into two parts, each with its own opening to the exterior (Fig. 64). The dorsal part includes the intestine only; this terminal portion of the intestine is called the rectum and opens to the exterior by the anus. The ventral part separated from the cloaca is called the urogenital sinus. It receives the stalk of the bladder and the excretory and genital ducts. The excretory ducts (either Wolffian ducts or ureters) at first open into the urogenital sinus, but subsequently the ureters shift so as to open into the blad - der, in all of the placental mammals (Fig. 64). Thus, the ureters pass into the bladder while the Wolffian ducts (vasa deferentia) in males or the vagina in females unite with the duct of the bladder, named the urethra, forming a common tube or chamber, the urogenital sinus, which opens externally in front of the anus by a urogenital aperture. In the females only of the Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: In animal anatomy, a cloaca kloh-AY-kə is the posterior orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts of many vertebrate animals, opening at the vent. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, and a few mammals have this orifice, from which they excrete both urine and feces; this is in contrast to most placental mammals, which have two or three separate orifices for evacuation. Excretory openings with analogous purpose in some invertebrates are also sometimes referred to as cloacae. Mating by cloaca is known as cloacal copulation, commonly referred to as cloacal kiss.
  The cloacal region is also often associated with a secretory organ, the cloacal gland, which has been implicated in the scent-marking behavior of some reptiles, marsupials, amphibians, and monotremes.
context_section_description: In animal anatomy, a cloaca /kloʊˈeɪkə/ kloh-AY-kə (plural cloacae /kloʊˈeɪsi/ kloh-AY-see or /kloʊˈeɪki/ kloh-AY-kee) is the posterior orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals, opening at the vent. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, and a few mammals (monotremes, tenrecs, golden moles, and marsupial moles) have this orifice, from which they excrete both urine and feces; this is in contrast to most placental mammals, which have two or three separate orifices for evacuation. Excretory openings with analogous purpose in some invertebrates are also sometimes referred to as cloacae. Mating by cloaca is known as cloacal copulation, commonly referred to as cloacal kiss.
  The cloacal region is also often associated with a secretory organ, the cloacal gland, which has been implicated in the scent-marking behavior of some reptiles, marsupials, amphibians, and monotremes.
caption: Diagrams to illustrate the changes in the cloaca in mammals during development. A, early embryonic stage, showing the cloaca receiving the urinary bladder, the rectum, and the Wolffian duct, as in non-therian vertebrates. B, later stage, showing the beginning of the fold which divides the cloaca into a ventral urogenital sinus which receives the urinary bladder, Wolffian ducts, and ureters, and into a dorsal part which receives the rectum. C, further progress of the fold, dividing the cloaca into urogenital sinus and rectum; the ureter has separated from the Wolffian duct and is shifting anteriorly. D, completion of the fold, showing complete separation of the cloaca into ventral urogenital sinus and dorsal rectum.[4]
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