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Longitudinal bands of muscle cells surrounding animal body, with one band running in each quadrant of the body, regulated contraction and relaxation of these muscles cause locomotion. |
body wall musculature
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body muscle |
WBbt:0005813
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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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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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neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx. |
head neuron
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WBbt:0006751
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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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the most extensive region of neuropil in the animal, consists of a large toroidal bundle of processes. |
nerve ring
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circumpharyngeal nerve ring |
WBbt:0006749
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a bundle of nerve processes that runs along the dorsal mid-line of the animal. |
dorsal nerve cord
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dorsal cord |
WBbt:0006750
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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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five pairs of thin gonadal sheath cells form a single layer covering the germ line component of each arm, each pair occupying a stereotyped position along the gonad proximal-distal axis. |
gonadal sheath cell
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WBbt:0005828
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nerve cord positioned at the lateral flanks of the animal, consists of processes of the neuron classes BDU, CAN, PVD and ALA. |
lateral nerve cord
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WBbt:0006769
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