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Insects and the Life of Man Insects and the Life of Man pp 149-167 | Cite as

The Epidermal Cell



The objective of the biochemist is commonly defined as the description in chemical terms of all the activities of the cell. If we are to form some estimate of the magnitude of this ambition it is instructive from time to time to survey the range of these activities. For the biochemist ‘the cell’ is a somewhat abstract concept, a sort of disembodied liver cell. But cells are of many kinds, and they differ greatly from one another in their capabilities. In this essay we shall be concerned only with the epidermal cell of an insect, the bloodsucking bug Rhodnius prolixus.


Epidermal Cell Juvenile Hormone Sensory Hair Abdominal Tergite Pigment Spot





© V. B. Wigglesworth 1976



Wigglesworth V.B. (1976) The Epidermal Cell. In: Insects and the Life of Man. Springer, Boston, MA



