Biology:Cervix (insect anatomy)
From HandWiki
Revision as of 14:13, 28 April 2022 by imported>John Stpola (over-write)
Short description: In insects, a membrane that separates the head from the thorax
The cervix in insects is a membrane that separates the head from the thorax and is composed of structures from both of these. A pair of lateral cervical sclerites are embedded in the cervix.[1]:39
Footnotes
- ↑ Scoble (1995) Ch.3:The adult thorax - a study in function & effect (pp 39-91).
References
- Scoble, M. J. (1995) The Lepidoptera: form, function and diversity. The Oxford University Press, Oxford UK. ISBN:0-19-854952-0.
 |  |
