part of part of develops from develops from cloaca epithelium endoderm digestive tract epithelium endo-epithelium cloacal epithelium ZFA:0005783 cloacal epithelium (cle) (syn: cloacal endoderm) (TS17-TS20): the cloacal epithelium is derived from endoderm and lines the cloacal cavity. It is marked by Shh and Cdh1 and lines the cloacal lumen. The cloacal epithelium gives rise to the urogenital sinus epithelium, hindgut epithelium and the urethral plate epithelium. UBERON:0012481 An epithelium that is part of a cloaca. EMAPA:27577 EMAPA:36070 cloacal endoderm