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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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a large process bundle that runs along the vental mid-line extending from the ventral region of the nerve ring. |
ventral nerve cord
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ventral cord |
WBbt:0005829
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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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Epidermal layer. |
hypodermis
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epidermis |
WBbt:0005733
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muscle associated with hermaphrodite vulva. |
vulval muscle
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WBbt:0005821
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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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Major cell type of nervous tissue, specialized for transmission of information in the form of patterns of impulses. |
neuron
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neurone |
WBbt:0003679
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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 bundle of nerve processes that runs along the dorsal mid-line of the animal. |
dorsal nerve cord
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dorsal cord |
WBbt:0006750
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muscle lining of the uterine wall. |
uterine muscle
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WBbt:0005342
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A single syncytium cell of four nuclei makes a valve, connecting spermatheca and uterus of hermaphrodite gonad. |
spermathecal-uterine valve cell
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sp-ut cell |
WBbt:0008217
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