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In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, shell, germ or rind.[1]
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In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, shell, germ or rind. The term is derived...
of total body weight and covers 1.5 to 2 m2 of surface area. The skin (integument) is a composite organ, made up of at least two major layers of tissue:...
contains the female reproductive cells. It consists of three parts: the integument, forming its outer layer, the nucellus (or remnant of the megasporangium)...
Marl Formation of Harrana in Jordan, knowledge of the nature of mosasaur integument was mainly based on very few accounts describing early mosasaur fossils...
form a testa from the outer integument and a tegmen from the inner integument while unitegmic seeds have only one integument. Usually, parts of the testa...
patterns and sheets that are highly recognizable. Sometimes the soft integument of a snake is colored differently than their hard scales. This is often...
pericardium, pleurae, and peritoneum.[citation needed] In arthropods, the integument, or external "skin", consists of a single layer of epithelial ectoderm...
Comprehensive Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. Volume 3: Integument, Respiration and Circulation. Pergamom Press. pp. 289–355. ISBN 978-0-08-030804-3...
The breeding and raising of broiler chickens has created health and animal welfare issues, such as cardiovascular and skeletal dysfunction. Artificial...
Theropoda (/θɪəˈrɒpədə/; from Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon) 'wild beast', and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós) 'foot'), whose members are known as theropods...
gluteal aponeurosis, which separates it from the superficial fascia and integument. The gluteus medius muscle starts, or "originates", on the outer surface...
they are not really joined, but appear to become lost in the neighboring integument, ending close to, and nearly parallel to, each other. Together with the...
the wall of the embryo sac enlarges and combines with the nucellus and integument to form the seed coat. The ovary wall develops to form the fruit or pericarp...
as a layer of laminated areolar tissue. It is closely connected to the integument by the firm, dense, fibro-fatty layer which forms the superficial fascia...
to true feathers, recent analysis has suggested that the feather-like integument found in ornithischians may have evolved independently of coelurosaurs...
the common carotid artery is very deeply seated, being covered by the integument, superficial fascia, the platysma muscle, deep cervical fascia, the sternocleidomastoid...
probably are. Rathke pointed out that on the surface of certain folds of the integument, especially in the region of the jaws, are found in all Crocodilia certain...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to human anatomy: Human anatomy – scientific study of the morphology of the adult...
lower third of the thigh, and divides into two branches: one supplies the integument as low down as the medial side of the knee; the other crosses to the lateral...
grains enter each ovule through a microscopic gap in the ovule coat (integument) called the micropyle. The pollen grains mature further inside the ovule...
the sphincter ani externus (external anal sphincter, EAS) and to the integument (skin) around the anus. Branches of this nerve communicate with the perineal...
less common while braincases enlarged and forelimbs became longer. The integument evolved into complex, pennaceous feathers. The oldest known paravian (and...
may simply be the result of distortion of the skull. The evolution of integument in therapsids is poorly known, and there are few fossils that provide...
Mylodon is a genus of extinct ground sloth belonging to the family Mylodontidae, known from southern South America. With a total length of 3 to 4 m and...
behind. An arthropod's skeleton serves many functions, working as an integument to provide a barrier and support the body, providing appendages for movement...
integumented megasporangium surrounded by a cupule. The megasporangium bears an unopened distal extension protruding above the mutlilobed integument....
sarcotesta of pomegranate seeds consists of epidermal cells derived from the integument, and there are no arils on these seeds. Hickey, M.; King, C. (2001). The...
Shark anatomy differs from that of bony fish in a variety of ways. Variation observed within shark anatomy is a potential result of speciation and habitat...
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