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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Epidermal layer. |
hypodermis
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epidermis |
WBbt:0005733
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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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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 interneuron, projects along ventral cord to ring. |
PVT
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lineage name: ABplpappppa |
WBbt:0004070
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neuron with its cell body situated in the tail, posterior to rectum. |
tail neuron
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WBbt:0006759
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Major cell type of nervous tissue, specialized for transmission of information in the form of patterns of impulses. |
neuron
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neurone |
WBbt:0003679
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a group of hypodermal cells that lie along the apical midline of the hypodermis, at the extreme left and right sides between nose and tail |
seam cell
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lateral hypodermis |
WBbt:0005753
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posterior region, from rectum to the end |
tail
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WBbt:0005741
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rectal gland cell
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WBbt:0005799
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anterior-most body region containing the pharynx. |
head
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WBbt:0005739
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