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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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neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx. |
head neuron
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WBbt:0006751
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Neuron class of one ring motoneuron, projects along dorsal cord, innervates dorsal body muscle. |
RID
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lineage name: ABalappaapa |
WBbt:0003938
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