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Enterobacter8
Cloacal10
  • Elsewhere the wall of the cloaca and cloacal groove are merely in contact but do not communicate. (dictionary.com)
  • Figure 5H represents a section through the cloacal region, cl, showing the openings into the cloaca of the Wolffian ducts, wdo. (dictionary.com)
  • Its cloaca had two flaps of skin covering most of the cloacal vent, which gives it an appearance more like that of a crocodile's cloaca rather than a bird's. (newscientist.com)
  • Cloacal abnormalities: The cloaca is a tube-like structure. (medlineplus.gov)
  • To do this, a hen and a rooster must perform something that is called the "cloacal kiss," a process that takes a few seconds where roosters mount a hen and connect their cloacae to form a bridge for his sperm to enter the hen's uterus. (lettersandscience.net)
  • The rooster then completes the cloacal kiss by connecting his cloaca with hers for a few seconds, allow his sperm cells to travel up her oviduct. (lettersandscience.net)
  • A cloacal malformation, or cloaca, is a rare condition that occurs in 1 in 25,000 girls. (texaschildrens.org)
  • After birth, cloacal malformations may be discovered by physical examination or if the baby's first bowel movement does not occur or passes out of the wrong opening. (texaschildrens.org)
  • Scientifically speaking, oxygen from the water is absorbed through parts of their body that are filled with blood vessels, like the cloacal opening. (metroparks.com)
  • In male passerines, the accumulation of sperm in the sperm reserves causes the cloaca to become enlarged, forming the cloacal protuberance (CP). (bioone.org)
Maxima8
  • Cloaca Maxima Mouth: on the banks of the Tiber river at Ponte Palatino. (showcaves.com)
  • Cloaca Maxima (Greatest Sewer) is the mother of all sewers. (showcaves.com)
  • The Cloaca Maxima was built because of the swamps around Rome. (showcaves.com)
  • It is not possible to visit the Cloaca Maxima as a tourist. (showcaves.com)
  • Painted in 1814, View of the Cloaca Maxima , Rome comes out of this experience of painting from direct observation. (nga.gov)
  • Remarkable for its attention to detail and unusual viewpoint, the focus of View of the Cloaca Maxima , Rome seems to be on the architectural lines and their articulation of the pictoral space rather than on the famous buildings themselves. (nga.gov)
  • Along with that famous work, View of the Cloaca Maxima, Rome is one of his true masterpieces of landscape painting. (nga.gov)
  • The Romans integrated earlier sewer innovations into the cloaca maxima, first built around 800 BC. (greywateraction.org)
Persistent cloaca1
Genital3
  • The norm in animals like reptiles, amphibians, birds and sharks, the cloaca is a common chamber where multiple body systems come together (the genital, intestinal and urinary tracts). (howstuffworks.com)
  • In vertebrates [except mammals], the cloaca is the common opening at the end of the digestive tract through which both excretory and genital products are released). (calvertmarinemuseum.com)
  • Formation of the female genital tract also depends on the partition of the cloaca, first by the urorectal septum and then by the urogenital septum. (medscape.com)
Isolates3
  • Group I consisted of 178 E. cloacae pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typed isolates obtained from January 2001 to August 2003 from 159 patients ( 10 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Five of these patients also carried a tobramycin-susceptible variant of the clonal lineage (I A ). The remaining 95 E. cloacae isolates contained 5 small clusters of 2 isolates each (III-VII), 1 cluster with 6 isolates (VIII), 1 cluster with 3 isolates (II), and 70 unique strains. (cdc.gov)
  • Chlorhexidine MICs were determined for 535 isolates including 129 S. aureus, 156 E. coli, 142 K. pneumoniae, and 108 E. cloacae complex isolates. (cdc.gov)
Urogenital2
Sewer5
  • Again, the text of Men at Arms confirms that the Cloaca is so arranged: Cuddy and Detritus initially land in such a tributary sewer, and follow it downwards into the main Cloaca. (lspace.org)
  • Smell the aromas of fresh-baked bread, freshly picked vegetables - and the stench of the nearby open cesspools, the gold standard of sewer systems in those days. (greywateraction.org)
  • Our story begins even before the smells of marketplace and open-air sewer mingled in the metropolises of renaissance Europe. (greywateraction.org)
  • Sure, 'cloaca' is Latin for 'sewer,' but it may be the next best thing to a dedicated anus. (howstuffworks.com)
  • The cloaca (interestingly, Latin for "sewer") is an internal chamber where urine, feces, and sperm are released . (zmescience.com)
Ventral1
  • The mesonephric ducts end in an epithelial elevation, the sinus tubercle, on the ventral part of the cloaca between the orifices of the mesonephric ducts. (wikipedia.org)
Urinary1
  • It is a severe form of anorectal malformation in which the rectum, vaginal, and urinary tract do not separate but merge into one channel, called a cloaca. (texaschildrens.org)
Amphibians3
  • Birds, reptiles, amphibians, most fish and the monotremes (think platypus ) all boast a cloaca , which combines all excretory and reproductive functions into an all-purpose opening. (howstuffworks.com)
  • Amphibians, reptiles, and some forms of fishes like sharks and rays also have a cloaca. (lettersandscience.net)
  • Reptiles, some fish, amphibians, and birds have an all-purpose anus called a cloaca. (allturtles.com)
Plural1
  • This is called a cloaca (cloacae for plural holes) and serves as the hole where chickens release their waste and the hole chickens use to reproduce. (lettersandscience.net)
Bladder1
  • One of the reasons that a cloaca can't work in humans is because we have a bladder, whereas those other animals do not. (howstuffworks.com)
Urination1
  • A cross-section illustration of the internal anatomy of a male frog shows how all roads lead to the cloaca for urination, defecation and reproduction. (howstuffworks.com)
Ureter1
  • In an animal cloaca the ureter empties directly into the cloaca,' explains Dr. Richard Wood , chief of the department of Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. (howstuffworks.com)
Tracts3
  • Insects have a cloaca, which is an opening for urine, and also feces, and reproductive tracts. (stackexchange.com)
  • The opening just inside a bird's vent where the digestive, excretory, and reproductive tracts expel their respective products. (cacklehatchery.com)
  • The cloaca is connected to the digestive, excretory, and reproductive tracts of a bird, which is why it serves as the opening for all three bodily functions. (lettersandscience.net)
Reconstruction1
  • A reconstruction of the only fossilised dinosaur cloaca in existence may help illuminate how the prehistoric animals mated. (newscientist.com)
Sperm5
  • The cloaca has an opening for expelling its contents from the body, and in females it serves as the depository for sperm. (dictionary.com)
  • Both tissues fill with blood during an erection, but the role of the corpus cavernosum is predominantly to provide a rigid structure to the penis, whereas the corpus spongiosum keeps the urethral tube open to allow sperm to pass through. (livescience.com)
  • The opening through which waste from the gut is removed from the body, and through which sperm and eggs can enter and exit. (asu.edu)
  • The male rubs his cloaca against the female's and at this moment the sperm is released and deposited in the female's cloaca where it goes on to fertilize an egg. (zmescience.com)
  • A cloaca could be risky in the water because the sperm could get washed away without entering the female. (zmescience.com)
Anus4
  • So instead of having a separate anus , reproductive organ and urethra all with their own exterior access, as is typical with placental mammals , their systems empty out into the cloaca. (howstuffworks.com)
  • All human fetuses start off with a cloaca, but during a normal pregnancy it separates, forming the all-important urethra, anus and reproductive organ. (howstuffworks.com)
  • The urethra opens at any point of the perineal midline from over the pubis to, most frequently, the anus or the anterior wall of the rectum. (medscape.com)
  • In such papers as ' The mouth, the anus, and the blastopore-open questions about questionable openings ' and ' Getting to the bottom of anal evolution ,' Hejnol and his co-authors consider digestive tract divergence in the animal kingdom. (howstuffworks.com)
Empties1
  • This funnily-named bum is an opening that empties the body of urine and feces, and is used for mating and laying eggs. (allturtles.com)
Excretory2
  • They seem to be eviscerated through their cloaca (a common excretory and reproductive opening), which helped to preserve them. (sciencealert.com)
  • Let's recap on today's article: chickens have cloacae, which serves as the hole for excretory and reproductive purposes. (lettersandscience.net)
Vertebrates1
  • For help with their description, Vinther says, the study authors looked to the wide-ranging cloaca of other land-dwelling vertebrates. (dictionary.com)
20021
  • It is a film adaptation of the 2002 theatre play Cloaca written by Maria Goos, who wrote the scenario for the film as well. (wikipedia.org)
Urine2
Anomalies2
  • Since the organs of both sexes have to pass through the stage of having a cloaca, anomalies occur in both, though the occurence in males is far less common than in females. (howstuffworks.com)
  • It is part of a continuum of developmental anomalies that result from a persisting cloaca or an abnormally large cloaca that does not retract normally toward the perineum. (medscape.com)
Anal2
  • Anal glands open above the anal valves into the anal sinuses. (medscape.com)
  • At the bottom of these columns are anal sinuses or crypts, into which open the anal glands and anal papillae. (medscape.com)
Defecation1
  • Other creatures like jellyfish and corals boast a gut with a single opening for both consumption and defecation. (howstuffworks.com)
Birds3
  • The cloaca of birds, our present-day dinosaurs, look "kind of like a cyst that needs to be popped," Vintehr explains, while the cloaca of crocodile are covered in distinct scales, forming a sort of raised lobe with a slit in the middle. (dictionary.com)
  • The cloaca is an all-purpose opening on the body of many animals - including lizards, turtles and birds - that is used for mating, laying eggs, urinating and defecating. (newscientist.com)
  • Aside from birds, you'll find that other species outside of the bird classification have cloacae. (lettersandscience.net)
Sewers2
  • The assumption is also that lesser tributary sewers originating in other areas of the city periodically feed into the Cloaca, thus in theory at least, providing the main arteries of a sewerage network capable of serving the whole city's needs. (lspace.org)
  • But the open sewers remained open and caused huge problems in Europe's fast-growing cities. (greywateraction.org)
Penis2
  • A close up of the distinctive four-headed penis emerging from the cloaca of a short beaked echidna. (livescience.com)
  • Male crocodiles have a penis that emerges from the cloaca and Vinther's team suspects that Psittacosaurus did too. (newscientist.com)
Orifice1
  • The orifice of the invagination remains open, and undergoes enlargement and modification to form the distal tubal opening (abdominal ostium) of the fallopian tube. (wikipedia.org)
Dinosaur1
  • The dinosaur owner of this particular cloaca is an approximately 120 million-year-old Psittacosaurus, hailing from what is now the Liaoning province in northeastern China. (dictionary.com)
Blood vessels1
  • The high concentration of blood vessels located in the cloaca allows turtles (such as painted turtles and Japanese pond turtles ) to absorb oxygen from the water. (allturtles.com)
Chamber1
  • All three functions connecting to the cloaca have muscle and skin folds that separate the cloaca from the rest of the systems, thus making the cloaca a sort of chamber with different purposes. (lettersandscience.net)
Openings1
  • If the cloaca persists as a baby girl grows in the womb, all the openings do not form and separate. (medlineplus.gov)
Arteries1
  • Pieter cuts one of his arteries open in the bathroom. (wikipedia.org)
Mouth1
  • Ichy opened his mouth as Fievel came down, causing him to land in his open beak headfirst. (boardhost.com)
Vagina2
  • Fused labia is a condition where the folds of tissue around the opening of the vagina are joined together. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Imperforate hymen: The hymen is a thin tissue that partly covers the opening to the vagina. (medlineplus.gov)
Strokes2
  • To our left, strokes of parchment brown suggest laundry hung across an open space inside one structure. (nga.gov)
  • It takes about two minutes to obtain a tom's semen, usually with no more than four strokes of the cloaca . (listverse.com)
Psittacosaurus1
  • The team then tried to compare the Psittacosaurus 's cloaca against those of other animals. (newscientist.com)
Poop2
Holes1
  • Sometimes, the hymen has only a very small opening or tiny small holes. (medlineplus.gov)
Occurs1
Clinical1
  • Furthermore, the topic was discussed at the June 2022 American Society for Microbiology Clinical Microbiology Open (CMO) with various stakeholders to identify potential solutions. (cdc.gov)
Reveal1
  • If the hen is willing, she lowers her back and allows the rooster to climb on top of her and raises her tail to reveal her cloaca. (lettersandscience.net)
Pregnancy1
  • If a cloaca is diagnosed during pregnancy, the fetus is monitored throughout the pregnancy with follow-up ultrasounds. (texaschildrens.org)
Ducts1
  • At a later stage the sinus tubercle opens in the middle, connecting the paramesonephric ducts with the cloaca. (wikipedia.org)
Species1
Common1
  • Loss of domain is a common problem associated with large open wounds in areas of increased tension. (medscape.com)
Drainage3
  • The result was a system of open drainage channels and some tunnels. (showcaves.com)
  • In some cities the Roman aqueducts and cesspools were maintained, but most fell into decline resulting in a return to the open drainage ditches. (greywateraction.org)
  • [ 10 , 11 ] Modifications of this technology (including incisional internal vacuum-assisted therapy, which utilizes a partially buried sponge and closed suction drainage through a small skin opening) have been shown to expedite cavity collapse and facilitate delayed primary closure of large and/or contaminated wounds. (medscape.com)
Body5
  • But the melanin is in the outer skin, rather than inside the body, "so it's probably to make the cloaca stand out", he says. (newscientist.com)
  • An opening in the face where food is taken into the body. (asu.edu)
  • For example, a baby may be born with only one opening on the bottom of the body near the rectal area. (medlineplus.gov)
  • If you find that a bird has a swollen cloaca, it's possible that their body temperature is slightly high and they are trying to cool down through evaporative cooling. (lettersandscience.net)
  • In this operation, the intestine is connected to a surgical opening created in the abdomen (stoma) so that stool may pass into a bag outside the body. (texaschildrens.org)
Male1
  • Male and female penguins mate via an opening called a cloaca, and the seals are thought to have actually penetrated the penguins in some of the acts, which were caught on film by [research team leader William A. Haddad]. (smithsonianmag.com)
Wounds2
  • Restrict burn patients and patients with open sores or wounds from whirlpool treatments and hydrotherapy for debridement unless water for use is filtered or treated (boiled, disinfected). (cdc.gov)
  • [ 5-8 ] Wounds that remain open without regard for the forces acting on them will continue to widen, indurate, and scar. (medscape.com)
Waste1
  • As a couple of thousand years' worth of Ankh-Morpork was constructed on top of the Imperial one, with more free and easy attitudes to waste disposal, the Cloaca remained, but lost and forgotten. (lspace.org)
Large2
  • The new analysis also shows that the cloaca contains large amounts of the pigment melanin. (newscientist.com)
  • There are also fish-eating ducks , such as the mergansers, smew, and goosnader that are adapted to catch large fish and prefer open water. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
Skin1