CLOACA, BLADDER, URETHRA AND UROGENITAL SINUS 



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Hind -gut 



Hind-gut 



Mesonephric 



dm-l 



Allantois 



Allantois 

 'Cloaca 



Cloacal membrane 



Mesonepkric duct 



Hind-gut Mesonephric 

 duct 

 Allantois 



Melaneph, 



Cloacal membrane 



Cloaca 



Tail-gut "* v ^-= i -~^ Cloacal membrane 



^-Tail-gut 



FIG. 2 1 6. Pour stages showing the differentiation of the cloaca into the rectum, urethra 

 and bladder (after reconstructions by Pohlman). X about 50. A, from a human embryo of 

 3.5 mm.; B, at about 4 mm.; C, at 5 mm.; D, at 7 mm. 



Mesonephric duct 

 Metanephros 



Intestine 



Allantois 



A nlage of bladder 



Cloacal membrane 



Urele 

 Urogenital sinus 



Rectum' 



FIG. 217. Reconstruction from a 12 mm. human embryo, showing the partial subdivision of 

 the cloaca into rectum and urogenital sinus (after Pohlman). X 65. 



