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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 22.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Surg Int. 2014 Sep 14;30(11):1089–1095. doi: 10.1007/s00383-014-3593-8

Fig. 2. Analysis of different regions of the common channel found in cloaca malformation.

Fig. 2

In cloaca malformation, the urethra, vagina and rectum fail to separate, and drain via a single common channel. Three areas shown by the squares labelled “a”, “b” and “c” have been analyzed histologically and molecularly55. Area “a” is closest to the vagina, area “b” is closest to the rectum and area “c” is the most distal part of the common channel.