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cloacal sphincter

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cloacal sphincter,
the developing muscle surrounding the caudal end of the cloaca in the embryo. Its posterior part will become the external anal sphincter and its anterior part becomes the superficial transverse perineal, bulbospongiosus, and ischiocavernosus muscles.


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