WormMine: AnatomyTerm WBbt:0005441

• Definition: A set of three longitudinal nerves (I1L, NSML and M2L) running along the anterior/posterior axis within the pharynx, each lying within a narrow groove created between syncytial pairs of muscles. One nerve lies dorsally, in close apposition to the dorsal gland duct, while the other two nerves lie subventrally.
• Name: pharyngeal nerve
• Primary Identifier: WBbt:0005441

1 Children

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
	pharyngeal nerve process		WBbt:0005437

0 Expression Clusters

1 Expression Patterns

• Primary Identifier: Expr12336
• Pattern: mgl-1 appeared to have a widespread expression pattern. The reporter mgl-1::GFP was extensively expressed in the nerve-ring, in tail neurons and extensively within the pharyngeal nervous system, which included the neurosecretory motorneuron NSML/R, interneurons and motorneurons.

0 Life Stages

2 Parents

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
The pharyngeal nervous system is composed of 20 pharyngeal neurons which lie completely within the pharynx.	pharyngeal nervous system		WBbt:0005440
entity of anatomical origin that is either entirely acellular or is a collection of cells and acellular parts.	Anatomy	anatomical structure	WBbt:0005766