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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
collar nerve cord 
primary dorsal nerve cord 
ventral nerve cord 
The pair of closely united ventral longitudinal nerves with their segmental ganglia that is characteristic of many elongate invertebrates (as earthworms)[BTO]. A large process bundle that runs along the vental mid-line extending from the ventral region of the nerve ring[WB]. The ventral cord is one of the distinguishing traits of the central nervous system of all arthropods (such as insects, crustaceans and arachnids) as well as many other invertebrates, such as the annelid worms[GO].

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: ventral cord
Xrefs: BTO:0002328 ;   EFO:0000896 ;   FBbt:00005097 ;   MAT:0000339 ;   MIAA:0000339 ;   WBbt:0005829 ;   Wikipedia:Ventral_nerve_cord ;   nlx:146329
External Ontologys: never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:7711
Definition Sources: BTO:0002328, GO:0007419, WB:Paper00000938, Wikipedia:Ventral_nerve_cord

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