integument in English

noun
1
a tough outer protective layer, especially that of an animal or plant.
During development of the ovule, the inner of the two integuments disappears, while the outer integument differentiates into different layers of the seed coat.

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1. 3 He keeps fat in the limpid integument Reflections live on.

2. Corneous proteins are an important component of the tetrapod integument

3. The shedding of an outer integument or layer of skin, as by insects, crustaceans, and snakes; molting.

4. It feeds soon after each moult, which is essential for hardening the integument.

5. The outside-inside polarization is at right angles to the external surfaces of all the integument structures.

6. Synonyms for Aril include integument, skin, hide, pelt, coat, envelope, fur, hair, wool and fleece

7. The Cockroach is characterized by a flattened oval body, long threadlike antennae, and a shining black or brown leathery integument

8. His studies focused on the morphology and ultrastructure of the musculature, integument, alimentary tract, sensory cells, and gills.

9. This special issue on the development and evolution of the Amniote integument begins with a discussion of the adaptations to terrestrial conditions, the acquisition of water-impermeability of the reptilian integument, and the initial formation of filamentous integumentary appendages that prepare the way towards avian flight.

10. Chitin definition is - a horny polysaccharide (C8H13NO5)n that forms part of the hard outer integument especially of insects, arachnids, and crustaceans.

11. Outer integument differentiation was nearly completed by 35% maximum seed size, when articulated parenchyma, aerenchyma, and pits in the developing tracheids were observed.

12. Amphipods are arthropods, and as such they possess the arthropodan features of a segmented body with jointed, segmented, appendages and an external skeleton, or integument

13. Different stages of side effects may result in the application of actinotherapy in the intestinal canal, bladder, ureter, vagina, integument, bones, lymph ducts, and in fibrous tissue.

14. The dermatoCranium is derived from the neural crest cells of the integument and includes the roof of the Cranium, the area around the orbits, and the jaw

15. The bluish Coloration of the integument in teleosts is usually generated by light-reflecting chromatophores, called iridophores, that contain very thin light-reflecting platelets in the cytoplasm

16. Two adaxial ovules developed on each scale after dormancy and each ovule formed a funnel-like integument tip with a nucellus at the base of the shallow funnel.

17. The ctenidium is Atrophied, and the edge of the mantle-skirt is fused to the dorsal integument by concrescence, except at one point which forms the aperture of the mantle-chamber, thus converted into a nearly closed sac.

18. The adaptation to land from amphibians to Amniotes was accompanied by drastic changes of the integument, some of which might be reconstructed by studying the formation of the stratum corneum during embryogenesis

19. A fuzzy integument was first reported from a specimen of Scaphognathus crassirostris in 1831 by Goldfuss, and recent pterosaur finds and the technology for histological and ultraviolet examination of pterosaur specimens have provided incontrovertible proof: pterosaurs had pycnofiber coats.

20. The wide range of colours is due to either specific pigments or due to multiple reflections , selective absorption , refraction , defraction and scattering or interference of light waves by the peculiarities in the minute structure of the body integument .

21. The desert insects are also well protected against desiccation of their body fluids by a hard , impervious integument that retards or even prevents the evaporation of moisture from within the body and at the same time absorbs whatever moisture there may be in the air .

22. In the micropylar end of the seed, there are two separate membranous structures; the one closely adhering to the sclerotesta is the unvascularised part of the pleurotesta, derived from the inner layers of the integument whilst the other one represents the remains of the nucellus (perisperm), firmly attached to the female gametophyte and covering the Archegonium chamber.