integument|integuments in English

noun

[in·teg·u·ment || ɪn'tegjəmənt /-gjʊm-]

natural protective covering, outer coating (Anatomy, Zoology, Botany)

Use "integument|integuments" in a sentence

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. Chalaza (plural Chalazas or Chalazae) ( botany ) The location where the nucellus attaches to the integuments , opposite the micropyle

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

8. N Chalaza In botany, that part of the ovule or seed where the integuments cohere with each other and with the nucleus

9. We have identified a homeotic mutation in Arabidopsis, "bell" (bel1), which causes transformation of ovule integuments into Carpels

10. Chalaza [kə′lāz ·ə] (botany) The region at the base of the nucellus of an ovule; gives rise to the integuments

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

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

13. Chalaza [kə′lāz ·ə] (botany) The region at the base of the nucellus of an ovule; gives rise to the integuments

14. 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.

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

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

17. 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

18. 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.

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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.

22. Orthotropous (Atropous) This is where the body of these ovules is straight so that the chalaza, where the nucellus and integuments merge, the funicle, which attaches the ovule to the placenta, and the micropyle are all aligned

23. 1843, Carlyle, Thomas, “XVII: The Beginnings”, in Past and Present, book 2: When the poor man’s integuments, no longer nourished from within, become dead skin, mere Adscititious leather and callosity, wearing thicker and thicker, uglier

24. 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.

25. 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