circumesophageal commissure

circumesophageal commissure
The major commissure of the nervous system of many invertebrates to which and from which ramify anteriorly and posteriorly directed nerves and nerve cords; sometimes called the nerve ring.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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