FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term adult ventral nerve cord ID (Ontology) FBbt:00004052 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition The region of the adult central nervous system posterior to the brain, containing all of the thoracic and abdominal neuromeres (Court et al., 2020). It exists as a single consolidated ganglion located in the ventral part of the thorax (Court et al., 2020). It is connected to the brain by descending and ascending neurons that pass through the neck connective (Court et al., 2020).[ FlyBase:FBrf0007196 FlyBase:FBrf0224194 FlyBase:FBrf0246815 ]
Also Known As "adult ThGng" ; "adult ventral nervous system" ; "adult VNC" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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VFB:FBbt_00004052
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Data Class Field Records
Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN      34
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION      51
Insertions (FBti)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       2
Constructs (FBtp)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       9
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 Alleles  Genes Images Insertions Constructs
 adult ventral nerve cord (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      34     93     64      5     53    162
     adult ventral nerve cord | adult stage       2       --       --       --       --       1
     adult ventral nerve cord | heat sensitive       1       --       --       --       --       --
     adult ventral nerve cord | pharate adult stage       2       --       --       --       --       2
     adult ventral nerve cord | somatic clone       1       --       --       --       1       --
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 |__ganglion_____________________
organ system subdivision         |
 |__ventral nerve cord___________|
ectodermal derivative            |
 |__ventral ectoderm derivative__|
                                 adult ventral nerve cord  511 rec.
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Is a ventral nerve cord
ganglion
ventral ectoderm derivative
Develops from larval ventral nerve cord
Part of adult central nervous system
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VFB:FBbt_00004052