Term: cloaca epithelium
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Name: cloaca
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Definition: Part of the gut where the pronephric tubules come together with the caudal end of the intestine attaching at 4dpf. The oviduct or sperm duct connect later.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005781]
Name: epithelium
Synonyms:
Definition: Portion of tissue, that consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells connected to each other by cell junctions and which is underlain by a basal lamina.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001486]