part_of adult Gene's organ cuticular sac adult cuticular sac pore Fig. 5-EAA, in Exp. Appl. Acarol. 25: 327-352. Openings (pores) on the epicuticular surface of the cuticular sac. These pores are the openings of the tubuli in the wall of the cuticular sac. The tubuli pass through the cuticular sac and end in pores on the epicuticular surface and open into the lumen between the epithelial sac and the cuticular sac. The arrangement is similar in both argasid and ixodid ticks. TADS:0000391 TADS:0000391 default_namespace