tormogen cell

Term ID

CL:0000372

Synonyms

• socket cell

Definition

An epidermal cell that is part of a cell cluster organ of the insect integument (such as a sensillum) and that secretes a cuticular specialization that forms a socket around the base of a cuticular specialization produced by a trichogen cell. 978-0801481253

References

• FBbt:00005171

Ontology

Cell Ontology