As a result, the cloaca is divided into the urogenital sinus and rectum, and the tip of the URS (endodermal epithelia) contributes to forming the ectodermal epithelia of the perineum and external ...
- (zoology) the cavity (in birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish, and monotremes but not mammals) at the end of the digestive tract into which the intestinal, genital, and urinary tracts open ...