…the word cloaca originally means sewer. Its external opening is usually called the anus, but the correct term is cloacal opening. In the jawless lamprey, the cartilaginous fish, the chimaera, almost all bony fish, and mammals other than monotremes, the end of the digestive tract opens to the outside of the body as a separate external opening, or anus, but most other vertebrates, i.e., oviparous vertebrates, have a cloaca. … *Some of the terms that refer to "cloacal opening" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…cloacaの語はもとラテン語で下水溝を意味する。その外口をふつう肛門ventというが,正しくは総排出孔cloacal openingである。無顎類のヤツメウナギ,軟骨魚類のギンザメ,ほとんどすべての硬骨魚類,および単孔類以外の哺乳類では,消化管の末端は独立の外口すなわち肛門anusとして体外に開くが,その他の脊椎動物つまり卵生脊椎動物のほとんどは総排出腔をもっている。… ※「cloacal opening」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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