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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Anterior distal tip cell, inhibit meiosis in neighbouring germ cells, lead gonad during morphogenesis, herm gonad |
anterior distal tip cell
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gon herm dtc A |
WBbt:0004520
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Posterior distal tip cell, inhibit meiosis in neighbouring germ cells, lead gonad during morphogenesis, herm gonad |
posterior distal tip cell
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gon herm dtc P |
WBbt:0004506
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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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Set of six cells that form a thin cylindrical sheet between pharynx and ring neuropile; no chemical synapses, but gap junctions with muscle arms and RME motor neurons |
GLRL
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lineage name: MSapaaaad |
WBbt:0004784
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Set of six cells that form a thin cylindrical sheet between pharynx and ring neuropile; no chemical synapses, but gap junctions with muscle arms and RME motor neurons |
GLRR
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lineage name: MSppaaaad |
WBbt:0004783
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Head mesodermal cell, function unknown |
head mesodermal cell
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hmc |
WBbt:0004697
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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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Set of six cells that form a thin cylindrical sheet between pharynx and ring neuropile; no chemical synapses, but gap junctions with muscle arms and RME motor neurons |
GLRVR
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lineage name: MSppaaaav |
WBbt:0004781
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Set of six cells that form a thin cylindrical sheet between pharynx and ring neuropile; no chemical synapses, but gap junctions with muscle arms and RME motor neurons |
GLRDR
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lineage name: MSaaaaaar |
WBbt:0004785
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Set of six cells that form a thin cylindrical sheet between pharynx and ring neuropile; no chemical synapses, but gap junctions with muscle arms and RME motor neurons |
GLRVL
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lineage name: MSapaaaav |
WBbt:0004782
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Set of six cells that form a thin cylindrical sheet between pharynx and ring neuropile; no chemical synapses, but gap junctions with muscle arms and RME motor neurons |
GLRDL
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lineage name: MSaaaaaal |
WBbt:0004786
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