FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term ventral nerve cord ID (Ontology) FBbt:00005097 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Posterior region of the central nervous system containing the thoracic and abdominal neuromeres (Clark et al., 2018; Court et al., 2020). In the larva it is joined at its anterior end to the posterior gnathal ganglion (Eschbach and Zlatic, 2020). In the adult it is a separate entity, connected to the brain by the neck connective (Ito et al., 2014; Court et al., 2020).[ FlyBase:FBrf0224194 FlyBase:FBrf0238752 FlyBase:FBrf0246815 FlyBase:FBrf0247585 ]
Also Known As "ventral nervous system"
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 |__organ system subdivision__
nervous system                |
 |__central nervous system____|
organ system subdivision      |
 |__central nervous system____|
multicellular structure       |
 |__organ system subdivision__|
                              ventral nerve cord  4317 rec.
                               |__abdominal neuromere 100 rec.
                               |   |__adult abdominal neuromere(+) 37 rec.
                               |   |__embryonic abdominal neuromere(+) 4 rec.
                               |   |__larval abdominal neuromere(+) 51 rec.
                               |__adult ventral nerve cord 556 rec.
                               |   |__adult abdominal neuromere(+) 37 rec.
                               |   |__adult abdominal ventral anterior lateral (female) dsx/Mip neuron 1 rec.
                               |   |__adult accessory mesothoracic neuropil(+)
                               |   |__adult midline of ventral nerve cord
                               |   |__adult Tachykinin neuron of the thoracic-abdominal ganglion
                               |   |__adult thoracic neuromere(+) 73 rec.
                               |   |__adult ventral nerve cord cell body rind(+) 5 rec.
                               |   |__adult ventral nerve cord commissure(+)
                               |   |__adult ventral nerve cord neuropil glial cell
                               |   |__adult VNC perineurial glial cell 7 rec.
                               |   |__haltere tract
                               |   |__intermediate dorsal abdominal tract
                               |   |__intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus
                               |   |__intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus - commissure of fine fibers
                               |   |__intermediate tract of dorsal cervical fasciculus - haltere commissure
                               |   |__lateral dorsal abdominal tract
                               |   |__median dorsal abdominal tract
                               |   |__tectulum(+) 2 rec.
                               |   |__ventral ellipse
                               |__embryonic ventral nerve cord 367 rec.
                               |   |__embryonic anterior midline glial cell
                               |   |__embryonic immature Basin neuron
                               |   |__embryonic lateral cord 42 rec.
                               |   |__embryonic longitudinal glial cell(+) 138 rec.
                               |   |__embryonic midline of ventral nerve cord(+) 77 rec.
                               |   |__embryonic posterior midline glial cell 25 rec.
                               |   |__embryonic VNC neuromere(+) 26 rec.
                               |__larval ventral nerve cord 3617 rec.
                               |   |__cell body rind of larval ventral nerve cord(+) 54 rec.
                               |   |__dorsal lateral subperineurial glial cell 16 rec.
                               |   |__EG neuron 12 rec.
                               |   |__embryonic/larval midline of ventral nerve cord 8 rec.
                               |   |__larval A-subperineurial glial cell(+) 28 rec.
                               |   |__larval A07f2 neuron(+)
                               |   |__larval abdominal neuromere(+) 51 rec.
                               |   |__larval Basin neuron(+) 17 rec.
                               |   |__larval channel glial cell(+) 41 rec.
                               |   |__larval dopaminergic AL neuron(+)
                               |   |__larval dopaminergic AM neuron(+)
                               |   |__larval dopaminergic TM1 neuron(+)
                               |   |__larval dopaminergic TM2 neuron
                               |   |__larval dopaminergic TM3 neuron 3 rec.
                               |   |__larval down and back neuron(+) 3 rec.
                               |   |__larval Drunken-2 neuron
                               |   |__larval excitatory interneuron eIN(+) 18 rec.
                               |   |__larval feedback local interneuron(+) 3 rec.
                               |   |__larval feedforward local interneuron(+) 9 rec.
                               |   |__larval fpCC neuron 10 rec.
                               |   |__larval Goro neuron 13 rec.
                               |   |__larval intersegmental nerve root(+) 46 rec.
                               |   |__larval Ladder neuron(+) 5 rec.
                               |   |__larval mCSI neuron(+)
                               |   |__larval nociceptive neuropil 23 rec.
                               |   |__larval segmental nerve root(+) 21 rec.
                               |   |__larval thoracic neuromere(+) 23 rec.
                               |   |__larval transverse nerve root
                               |   |__larval ventral nerve cord commissure(+) 222 rec.
                               |   |__larval VNC neuropil glial cell(+) 126 rec.
                               |   |__lateral dorsal subperineurial glial cell 1 rec.
                               |   |__lateral locomotor LLN interneuron
                               |   |__lateral ventral subperineurial glial cell(+) 19 rec.
                               |   |__medial dorsal subperineurial glial cell 14 rec.
                               |   |__medial lateral subperineurial glial cell 4 rec.
                               |   |__medial ventral subperineurial glial cell 15 rec.
                               |   |__period-positive median segmental interneuron(+) 7 rec.
                               |   |__RP neuron(+) 628 rec.
                               |   |__TB neuron
                               |   |__ventral lateral subperineurial glial cell 17 rec.
                               |   |__ventral nerve cord synaptic neuropil subdomain(+) 4 rec.
                               |   |__y interneuron(+)
                               |__midline of ventral nerve cord 85 rec.
                               |   |__adult midline of ventral nerve cord
                               |   |__embryonic midline of ventral nerve cord(+) 77 rec.
                               |   |__embryonic/larval midline of ventral nerve cord 8 rec.
                               |   |__midline neuroblast of ventral nervous system(+) 48 rec.
                               |__ventral nerve cord commissure 222 rec.
                                   |__adult ventral nerve cord commissure(+)
                                   |__larval ventral nerve cord commissure(+) 222 rec.
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