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integument
covering or investing layer
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Integument
a covering, one of the outer layers of tissue of a plant ovule.
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The integumentary system has multiple roles in homeostasis, including protection, temperature regulation, sensory reception, biochemical synthesis, and absorption.
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM - SKIN IS IN!
Integumentary? That's a big word to describe something as simple as your skin. First, the skin is not all that simple. Second, integumentary systems take a wide variety of forms in animals across the world.
(Integumentum Commune; Skin)
The integument (Fig. 940) covers the body and protects the deeper tissues from injury, from drying and from invasion by foreign organisms; it contains the peripheral endings of many of the sensory nerves; ...
integument Something that covers or encloses, e.g., the skin.
integumentary system The skin and its derivatives (hair, nails, feathers, horns, antlers, and glands), ...
Integument: The outer covering of the insect body that includes the cuticle and the epidermis.
integument
The outermost layer or layers of tissue that serve in protection.
integument Outermost layers of an ovule that typically develop into the seed coat.
integumentary exchange The exchange of gases through the integument. Also cutaneous exchange.
Integumentary system Skin layers
cutis: Epidermis (Stratum corneum, Stratum lucidum, Stratum granulosum, Stratum spinosum, Stratum germinativum/basale) - Dermis
Subcutaneous tissue
Skin appendages ...
exoskeleton -- n. An external, often hard, covering or integument that provides support and protection to the body.
extinction -- When all the members of a clade or taxon die, the group is said to be extinct.
The major organ systems of the body and their functions are the (1) integumentary system for protection, excretion, receipt of external stimuli (outer covering of skin); (2) muscular system for movement, posture, heat production; ...
An organ system consists of two or more organs which perform a specific task. Some organ systems are: the integumentary, nervous, sensory, endocrine, skeletal, muscular, circulatory, immune, lymphatic, digestive, respiratory, excretory, ...
 See also: Human, Class, Muscle, Trans, Tissue
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