Development Animation - Urogenital Septum

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  • Initially the cloaca forms a common urinary, genital, GIT space
  • This is divided by formation of a septum into anterior urinary and dorsal rectal
    • superior - Tourneux fold
    • lateral - Rathke folds
  • septum fuses with cloacal membrane before it commences to degenerate.
  • hindgut - distal third transverse colon, descending and sigmoid colon, rectum.
  • anal pit - distal third of anorectal canal (ectodermal)


Links: MP4 version | Urogenital Septum Movie | Urogenital Sinus Movie | Renal System Development | Genital System Development


Source: UNSW Embryology Thanks to the late Prof William Larsen for allowing permission to use animations based on images from his textbook. (More? movie technical information)

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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, April 24) Embryology Development Animation - Urogenital Septum. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Development_Animation_-_Urogenital_Septum

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