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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an accordion-like tube that contains sperm and is the site of oocyte fertilization. |
spermatheca
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WBbt:0005319
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Complement of nervous tissue (neurones, nerves, receptors and support cells) serving to detect, relay and coordinate information about an animal`s internal and external environments and to initiate and integrate its effector responses and activities. |
nervous system
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WBbt:0005735
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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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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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neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx. |
head neuron
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WBbt:0006751
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Secretory gland cell of the pharynx |
Pharyngeal gland cell
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WBbt:0005788
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Interfacial (hypodermal) cells which connect the hypodermal epithelium of the lips to the pharyngeal epithelium, firmly binding the inner tissue (the pharynx) to the outer bodywall (the hypodermis). |
arcade cell
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WBbt:0005793
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posterior region, from rectum to the end |
tail
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WBbt:0005741
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five pairs of thin gonadal sheath cells form a single layer covering the germ line component of each arm, each pair occupying a stereotyped position along the gonad proximal-distal axis. |
gonadal sheath cell
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WBbt:0005828
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Head mesodermal cell, function unknown |
head mesodermal cell
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hmc |
WBbt:0004697
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organ producing either sperm or ova. |
gonad
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WBbt:0005175
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reproductive system
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WBbt:0005747
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region of the body by which tissues, cells or cell parts are classified |
body region
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WBbt:0005738
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