integument

Covering of the body, which protects it from the outside world and from drying out. In humans and other mammals it consists of the skin (including outer epidermis and inner dermis) and its related structures, including hair, nails, and sebaceous and sweat glands.

integument

1. the protective layer around an ovule that becomes the seed coat

2. the outer protective layer or covering of an animal, such as skin or a cuticle

integument [in′teg·yə·mənt]

(anatomy)

An outer covering, especially the skin, together with its various derivatives.

Integument

the part of the ovary on seed plants that encloses the nucellus (the central part of the ovary). The ovaries of a number of plants have one integument, while others, particularly in the monocotyledonous plants, have two. After fertilization the integument turns into a seed coat.

Integument

in animals, including man, the tissues that cover the body and perform protective, tactile, metabolic (including gas exchange), and excretory functions. The integument sometimes performs the function of feeding, associated with the complete reduction of the intestine in tapeworms, acanthocepha-lans, and Pogonophora. Thermoregulation is sometimes a function of the integument.

In most invertebrates the integument consists of cutaneous epithelium, or epidermis, which is of ectodermal origin. It includes a mesodermal connective-tissue layer, or derma, in such invertebrates as nemertines and cephalopod mollusks and in vertebrates, including man. Derivatives of the integument are cutaneous glands, cuticles, the chitinous armor of arthropods, the shells of mollusks, scales, feathers, hair, claws, and nails.

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No references found	Di qui una teoria della conoscenza intesa ad attingere la realta, liberandola dalla scorza o integumentum, in cui si cela, per risalire, attraverso raggio luminoso, alla virtus irraggiante di Dio. Giorgio Stabile, Dante e la filosofia della natura. Percezioni, ... by Costa, Gustavo / Italica The Mercurial Integumentum of the Heavenly Messenger (Inferno IX 79-103). Bibliography of Italian studies in North America by Giordano, Paolo A. / Italica The concept of a covering, or integumentum, beneath which lie hidden meanings is central to Villena's translation and commentary of Virgil's Aeneid. The Transforming Text: A Study of Luis de Gongora's by WELLES, MARCIA L. / Renaissance Quarterly	Integrating-Sphere Photometer Integration integration by parts integration constant integration efficiency Integration in Industry integration middleware Integration of Languages integration server integration test integration testing Integration, Economic Integrator Integrimeter integrin integrity integrity constraint Integrity, Domain of Integro-Differential Equations integrodifferential equation Integument integumentary musculature integumentary pattern integumentary system Integuments integumentum Intel Intel 4004 Intel 4040 Intel 486 Intel 486DX Intel 486SX Intel 487SX Intel 64 Intel 8008 Intel 80186 Intel 80188 Intel 80286 Intel 80386 Intel 80386DX Intel 80386SX Intel 8048 Intel 80486 Intel 8051 Intel 8080 Intel 8085 Intel 8086 Intel 8088 Intel 80x86 Intel 8751 Intel chips	Integro-Partial Differential Equation Integrodifferential Equation Integrodifferential Equation Integropallial Integrovaný Aspekty Speciální Pedagogicky Diagnostiky Integumation integument integument integument integument integumental integumental integumental integumental integumentary integumentary integumentary integumentary integumentary musculature integumentary pattern integumentary system integumentary system integumentary system integumentary system integumentary system assessment Integumentation Integuments Integuments Integuments Integuments integumentum Intel Intel Intel 286 Intel 32 Intel 386 Intel 4004 Intel 4040 Intel 486 Intel 486DX Intel 486SX Intel 487SX Intel 64 Intel 8008 Intel 80186 Intel 80188 Intel 8021 Intel 80286 Intel 80286 Microprocessor Intel 80386 Intel 80386 Microprocessor Intel 80386DX Intel 80386SL Intel 80386SX Intel 8042 Intel 8048

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Di qui una teoria della conoscenza intesa ad attingere la realta, liberandola dalla scorza o integumentum, in cui si cela, per risalire, attraverso raggio luminoso, alla virtus irraggiante di Dio.

Giorgio Stabile, Dante e la filosofia della natura. Percezioni, ... by Costa, Gustavo / Italica

The Mercurial Integumentum of the Heavenly Messenger (Inferno IX 79-103).

Bibliography of Italian studies in North America by Giordano, Paolo A. / Italica

The concept of a covering, or integumentum, beneath which lie hidden meanings is central to Villena's translation and commentary of Virgil's Aeneid.

The Transforming Text: A Study of Luis de Gongora's by WELLES, MARCIA L. / Renaissance Quarterly

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