A chain of very large cuboidal cells forming a wide central lumen in which food arrives from the posterior pharynx, is digested, and from which waste products proceed to the rectum. Intestinal rings form in groups of two and four cells surrounding the common lumen; thus the epithelium is only one cell deep at any point, with neighboring cells firmly secured to their neighbors by apical adherens junctions. These cells have very large nuclei and many large vacuoles, yolk granules, and other inclusions; the latter increase in number and electron density as the animal ages. |
intestine
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gut |
WBbt:0005772
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somatic cell that situates at the tip of a gonad arm. |
distal tip cell
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DTC |
WBbt:0006865
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type of cells that make up muscle layers in the pharynx. |
pharyngeal muscle cell
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WBbt:0005451
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Longitudinal bands of muscle cells surrounding animal body, with one band running in each quadrant of the body, regulated contraction and relaxation of these muscles cause locomotion. |
body wall musculature
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body muscle |
WBbt:0005813
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neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx. |
head neuron
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WBbt:0006751
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The organ in which the eggs are developed and protected until laid. |
uterus
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WBbt:0006760
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neuron with its cell body situated in the tail, posterior to rectum. |
tail neuron
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WBbt:0006759
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H-shaped cell associated with the excretory system, largest cell in C. elegans. |
excretory cell
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excretory canal cell |
WBbt:0005812
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A free-floating spherical cell lying in the pseudocoelomic cavity of larvae and adult C. elegans which can endocytose many compounds, possibly for immune surveillance. There are six coelomocytes in adult hermaphrodites, and they display prominent cytoplasmic inclusions and vacuoles. |
coelomocyte
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WBbt:0005751
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posterior region, from rectum to the end |
tail
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WBbt:0005741
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anterior-most body region containing the pharynx. |
head
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WBbt:0005739
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Process runs along excretory canal, no synapses, essential for survival |
CANL
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lineage name: ABalapaaapa |
WBbt:0004949
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Process runs along excretory canal, no synapses, essential for survival |
CANR
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lineage name: ABalappappa |
WBbt:0004947
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a type of pharyngeal cell that connects basement membrane to the apices of triangle-shaped pharyngeal lumen. |
marginal cell
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WBbt:0003673
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