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Nematode Structure and Function (view source)
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*'''Longitudinal Ridges''' - also known as 'synlophe', seen in some Trichostrongylidae species such as ''[[Nematodirus]]''.
*'''Longitudinal Ridges''' - also known as 'synlophe', seen in some Trichostrongylidae species such as ''[[Nematodirus]]''.
*'''Alae''' or '''wings''' - Projections of the outer cuticle layer. Can appear either just at the anterior or posterior or along the entire length of the worm. In bursate males posterior alae for part of the copulatory bursa.
*'''Alae''' or '''wings''' - Projections of the outer cuticle layer. Can appear either just at the anterior or posterior or along the entire length of the worm. In bursate males posterior alae for part of the copulatory bursa.
*'''Spines'''
*'''Spines''' - Protrusions of the cuticle on the surface of the nematode. Function unknown, could be in self defence or attachment to host.
*'''Inflations''' - Vesicle like swellings of the cuticle function unknown. Found in ''[[Oesophagostomum]]'' species.
==Locomotion==
==Locomotion==