3 Anatomy Terms
Definition | Name | Synonym | Primary Identifier |
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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 | gut | WBbt:0005772 |
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx. | head neuron | WBbt:0006751 | |
The left and right lateral ganglia lie beside the nerve ring in the head. They each contain about (30) neuron cell bodies and send their neuronal processes into the ring at its posterior margin either laterally or ventrally via the amphid commissures and ventral ganglion, but form no local neuropil separate from the nerve ring. The lateral ganglia are in close contact with the lateral hypodermal cords. | lateral ganglion | lateral ganglia | WBbt:0005105 |
1 Genes
WormBase Gene ID | Gene Name | Sequence Name | Organism |
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WBGene00003754 | nlp-16 | T13A10.5 | Caenorhabditis elegans |