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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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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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a female haploid germ cell. |
oocyte
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ovum |
WBbt:0006797
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anterior-most body region containing the pharynx. |
head
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WBbt:0005739
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cell that forms intestinal-rectal valve. |
rectal valve cell
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intestinal-rectal valve cell |
WBbt:0005797
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a cell, of either sex, directly concerned in the production of a new organism. |
germ cell
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WBbt:0006796
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