part of larval abdominal segment small cell associated with anterior dorsal histoblasts abdominal Cell that belongs to a bilaterally-paired cluster of approximately 10 small cells per abdominal hemisegment, just medial to the anterior dorsal histoblast nest. These are not histoblasts or epidermal cells and do not increase in size during larval life. fly_anatomy.ontology FBbt:00001793 embryonic/larval epidermis somatic cell