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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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 of the pharyngeal nervous system. |
pharyngeal neuron
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WBbt:0005439
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Embryonic cell of pedigree ABplaapaapp, amphid sheath cell, left. |
AMshL
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ABplaapaapp |
WBbt:0003935
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Embryonic cell of pedigree ABpraapaapp, amphid sheath cell, right. |
AMshR
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ABpraapaapp |
WBbt:0003933
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Ventral cord interneuron, synapses onto VA, DA, and AS motor neurons; formerly called alpha |
AVAL
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lineage name: ABalppaaapa |
WBbt:0003870
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Ventral cord interneuron, synapses onto VA, DA, and AS motor neurons; formerly called alpha |
AVAR
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lineage name: ABalaappapa |
WBbt:0003869
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