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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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somatic cell that situates at the tip of a gonad arm. |
distal tip cell
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DTC |
WBbt:0006865
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a large process bundle that runs along the vental mid-line extending from the ventral region of the nerve ring. |
ventral nerve cord
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ventral cord |
WBbt:0005829
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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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The passageway in the hindgut between the posterior intestine, the rectal valve and the opening to the exterior. |
rectum
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WBbt:0005773
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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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body wall muscle in the head, including first eight cells of each muscle quadrants which are innervated by nerve ring neurons. |
head muscle
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head body wall muscle |
WBbt:0006761
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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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neuron of the pharyngeal nervous system. |
pharyngeal neuron
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WBbt:0005439
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neuron making synapse on an effector (muscle, gland). |
motor neuron
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motoneuron |
WBbt:0005409
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A free-floating spherical cell lying in the pseudocoelomic cavity of larvae and adult C. elegans which can endocytose many compounds, possibly for immune surveillance. There are six coelomocytes in adult hermaphrodites, and they display prominent cytoplasmic inclusions and vacuoles. |
coelomocyte
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WBbt:0005751
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neuron that senses external stimuli and transduce them to signals internal to the organism. |
sensory neuron
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WBbt:0005759
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neuron that has neural processes in the nerve ring. |
nerve ring neuron
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WBbt:0006974
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