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integumentary system |
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integumentary system: see skin skin, the flexible tissue (integument) enclosing the body of vertebrate animals. In humans and other mammals, the skin operates a complex organ of numerous structures (sometimes called the integumentary system) serving vital protective and metabolic functions. ..... Click the link for more information. . integumentary system [in¦teg·yə¦men·trē ′sis·təm] (anatomy) A system encompassing the integument and its derivatives. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Electron micrograph studies of B virus show a typical herpesvirus structure (6), including an electron dense core with viral DNA inside an icosapentahedral capsid surrounded by an amorphous tegument protein layer and a lipid envelope studded with viral glycoproteins. They are generally undetected by the body's immune system because of the ability of the worm's tegument to attach host proteins to itself as a kind of camouflage. He knew it, he must walk into and become those hues, must take to himself like a chameleon, successive teguments begotten of sunset and desire |
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