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The '''urogenital opening''' is where [[bodily waste]] and reproductive fluids are expelled to the environment outside of the [[body cavity]]. In some organisms, including [[bird]]s and many [[fish]], discharge from the [[urological system|urological]], [[digestive system|digestive]], and [[reproductive system]]s empty into a common sac called the [[cloaca]]. |
The '''urogenital opening''' is where [[bodily waste]] and reproductive fluids are expelled to the environment outside of the [[body cavity]]. In some organisms, including [[bird]]s and many [[fish]], discharge from the [[urological system|urological]], [[digestive system|digestive]], and [[reproductive system]]s empty into a common sac called the [[cloaca]]. |
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In [[placental mammals]], these three systems are more separated. In females, separate [[Body orifice|orifice]]s have evolved for all three, while in males, a common [[urinary meatus]] discharges both [[urine]] and [[semen]] from the [[urethra]].<ref name=" |
In [[placental mammals]], these three systems are more separated. In females, separate [[Body orifice|orifice]]s have evolved for all three, while in males, a common [[urinary meatus]] discharges both [[urine]] and [[semen]] from the [[urethra]].<ref name="Hyman1992">{{cite book|author=Libbie Henrietta Hyman|title=Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=VKlWjdOkiMwC&pg=PA583|date=15 September 1992|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-87013-7|pages=583–}}</ref> |
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The urogenital opening is where bodily waste and reproductive fluids are expelled to the environment outside of the body cavity. In some organisms, including birds and many fish, discharge from the urological, digestive, and reproductive systems empty into a common sac called the cloaca.
In placental mammals, these three systems are more separated. In females, separate orifices have evolved for all three, while in males, a common urinary meatus discharges both urine and semen from the urethra.[1]
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- ^ Libbie Henrietta Hyman (15 September 1992). Hyman's Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. University of Chicago Press. pp. 583–. ISBN 978-0-226-87013-7.