Definition of Integument. Meaning of Integument. Synonyms of Integument

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Definition of Integument

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Integumentary
Integumentary In*teg`u*men"ta*ry, n. Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.
Integumentation
Integumentation In*teg`u*men*ta"tion, n. The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered.

Meaning of Integument from wikipedia

- In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, s****, 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:...
- Marl Formation of Harrana in Jordan, knowledge of the nature of mosasaur integument was mainly based on very few accounts describing early mosasaur fossils...
- contains the female reproductive cells. It consists of three parts: the integument, forming its outer layer, the nucellus (or remnant of the megasporangium)...
- patterns and sheets that are highly recognizable. Sometimes the soft integument of a snake is colored differently than their hard scales. This is often...
- 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...
- eyelids is not readily visible and has a pale, pink color. The two main integumental muscles of a cat are the platysma and the cutaneous maximus. The cutaneous...
- 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...
- The first Kulindadromeus fossil was found in Russia. Its feather-like integument is evidence for protofeathers being basal to Ornithischia and possibly...
- to true feathers, recent analysis has suggested that the feather-like integument found in ornithischians may have evolved independently of coelurosaurs...