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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female genital. |
vulva
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WBbt:0006748
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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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muscle associated with hermaphrodite vulva. |
vulval muscle
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WBbt:0005821
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the feeding organ, a neuro-muscular pump in the head of the animal, used to ingest food, bacteria suspended in liquid, filter them out, grind them up and transport posteriorly into the instestine. |
pharynx
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esophagus |
WBbt:0003681
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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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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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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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anterior-most body region containing the pharynx. |
head
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WBbt:0005739
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reproductive system
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WBbt:0005747
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sensillum of inner or outer labial. |
labial sensillum
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WBbt:0005107
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