CutFIG 4: Demonstration of adult cuticle layers with different EM modalities.

A. TEM, transverse section.( Image source: N501 [Hall] N484.)
B. Freeze fracture EM showing the opposing orientation of the two fibrous layers (Fl) in the basal zone. (Sc) Surface coat; (Ep) epicuticle; (Co) cortical zone; (Md) medial zone; (Bs) basal zone. (Image source: [Hall] PrepE M1.)

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