Assertion: pharynx | /r/CapableOf | show great increase
Facets:
value: in pumping rate
type: OTHER
value: compared to well-fed worms
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: When the starved worms were placed back in the presence of food, their pharynxes showed a great increase in pumping rate compared to well-fed worms, suggesting that the muscle's biochemistry and physiology had altered to enhance the ingestion of food.