viscid gland cell

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NAME:

  viscid gland cell


DEFINITON:

  A specialized insunk epithelial cell that is part of the adhesion glands which is responsible for production and excretion of the viscid substance allowing adherence to a substrate.


TERM DEFINITION CITATIONS:

  PMID:20865784, OCLC:16809160


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TERM ID:

  PLANA:0007540


ABOUT THIS TERM:

viscid gland cell

  ↳is a acidophilic gland cell and material entity

  ↳contained in tail region, copulatory region, dorsal ventral margin of the whole animal, posterior region of the whole animal, parapharyngeal region, prepharyngeal region, head region and anterior region of the whole animal

  ↳existence overlaps juvenile stage, asexual adult and adult hermaphrodite

  ↳part of adhesion gland


  → adhesive papilla part of viscid gland cell



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