WormMine: AnatomyTerm WBbt:0008414

• Definition: postcloacal sheath cell.
• Name: PC sheath cell
• Primary Identifier: WBbt:0008414

2 Children

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
Sheath of postcloacal sensilla in male	PCshR	lineage name: Y.prppv	WBbt:0004389
Sheath of postcloacal sensilla in male	PCshL	lineage name: Y.plppv	WBbt:0004390

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1 Parents

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
a structural (glial) cell which forms an specialized environment surrounding the sensory ending(s) of one or more neurons; sometimes accompanied by a more distal socket cell. In early development of the sensory nerves and of the nerve ring some sheath cells (cephalics and labials) may also provide a substrate for axon guidance	neuronal sheath cell	pocket cell	WBbt:0005811