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WormBase Tree Display for Anatomy_term: WBbt:0005751

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WBbt:0005751DefinitionA 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.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00038216
Termcoelomocyte
LegacyTree_Nodecc_male_D
herm_anat_coel_10
male_anat_coel_10
Cell_groupcoelomocytes
celomocytes
ContainsCell_termWBbt:0004697
Sub_groupWBbt:0004697
Contained_inWBbt:0004697
DB_infoDatabaseSpencer2011
WormAtlashtmlhermaphrodite/coelomocyte/Coelomoframeset.html
MODEncodeTissueEMB_coelomocytes
MODEncodeTissueL2_coelomocytes
ChildIS_A_cWBbt:0004558
WBbt:0004559
WBbt:0004560
WBbt:0004561
WBbt:0004562
WBbt:0004563
WBbt:0004564
ParentPART_OF_pWBbt:0005749
IS_A_pWBbt:0004017
Attribute_ofExpr_pattern (243)
Expression_cluster (11)
FunctionAnatomy_functionWBbtf0275
Anatomy_function_notWBbtf0278
Attribute_indexExpr_ancestor (372)
Expr_descendentExpr11753
Expr631
Expr8279
Expr9018
IndexAncestorWBbt:0000100
WBbt:0004017
WBbt:0005746
WBbt:0005749
WBbt:0005763
Descendant (14)
Picture (57)
WBProcessWBbiopr:00000096