urorectal septum

urorectal septum
the caudally and outwardly growing wedge of endoderm-covered mesoderm that divides the cloaca into the urogenital sinus and rectum, and the cloacal outlet into the urogenital orifice and anus; called also urorectal fold and cloacal s.

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