Location of the ureteral openings in the cloacas of tinamous, some ratite birds, and crocodilians: A primitive character

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 234-246

  Oliveira, Cleida Aparecida ^a,b   Silva, Renata Mageste ^a   Santos, Marcileida Maria ^a   Mahecha, Germán Arturo Bohórquez ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cloaca; Coprodeum; Ratites; Tinamous; Ureter; Urodeum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLOACA; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; OVIDUCT; REPTILE; URETER;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLOACA; FEMALE; MALE; OVIDUCTS; REPTILES; URETER;

ALLIGATOR; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CAIMAN; CAIMAN CROCODILUS YACARE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; ENTEROBACTER; GALLIFORMES; PALAEOGNATHAE; REPTILIA; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TINAMIFORMES; TROPIDURUS; TROPIDURUS MONTANUS;

EID: 2542542224     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10217     Document Type: Article

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