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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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female genital. |
vulva
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WBbt:0006748
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an accordion-like tube that contains sperm and is the site of oocyte fertilization. |
spermatheca
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WBbt:0005319
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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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Epidermal layer. |
hypodermis
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epidermis |
WBbt:0005733
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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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muscle associated with hermaphrodite vulva. |
vulval muscle
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WBbt:0005821
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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 of the somatic nervous system. |
somatic neuron
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body neuron |
WBbt:0006752
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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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