WormBase Tree Display for Anatomy_term: WBbt:0005762

WBbt:0005762 Definition: cells that support sensory neurons, similar to glial cells in vertebrates. A category which collectively refers to socket cells, sheath cells, and structural cells, or their processes. All of these cells extend long processes which serve a supporting role, rather like glia, to form a protective environment around sensory neuron endings. In addition, some of these cells extend broad thin processes from their somata which wrap around neuronal ganglia, again in a glia-like fashion Paper_evidence: WBPaper00038216
      Person_evidence: WBPerson363
  Term: accessory cell
  Synonym: support cell
  DB_info: Database: WormAtlas html hermaphrodite/neuronalsupport/Neurosupportframeset.html
          male/introduction/Introframeset.html
  Child: IS_A_c: WBbt:0005176
      WBbt:0005750
      WBbt:0005811
  Parent: PART_OF_p: WBbt:0005735
    IS_A_p: WBbt:0004017
  Attribute_of: Expr_pattern: Expr10150
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    Expression_cluster: WBPaper00065623:44
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  Attribute_index: Expr_ancestor (1959)
    Expr_descendent (239)
    GO_descendent: GO:0035017
      GO:0001655
  Index: Ancestor: WBbt:0000100
      WBbt:0004017
      WBbt:0005735
      WBbt:0005746
      WBbt:0005763
    Descendant (181)
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