Even in the rude circumferential rim or wall of wax round a growing comb, flexures may sometimes be observed, corresponding in position to the planes of the rhombic basal plates of future cells.

即使在生长中的梳子周围粗糙的圆周边缘或蜡壁中，有时也可以观察到弯曲， 其位置与未来细胞的菱形基底板的平面相对应。