Sentence examples for integument from inspiring English sources
noun
An outer protective covering such as the feathers or skin of an animal, a rind or shell.
The integument of all animals represents the primary buffer between internal structures and the environment, and it is constantly subject to wear, tear, and other damage.
Modified mechanical sense organs in the cuticle called campaniform organs detect bending strains in the integument.
Organisms that live in aquatic environments and whose integument is permeable to water, therefore, must be able to contend with osmotic pressure.
Extraordinary preservation of arthropods dating to the later parts of the Cambrian Period in Sweden is especially notable, as the bodies and appendages remain largely uncrushed; the integument retains many fine structures, including setae (bristly hairs or organs) and pores.
The outer covering of crustaceans is variously called the integument, cuticle, or exoskeleton.
Concurrently with pollen development, the ovule differentiates, and at the time of pollination it consists of a large megasporangium (nucellus) enclosed within a fleshy integument.
As the rate of embryonic development decreases, the seeds of most angiosperms enter a period of dormancy, accompanied by dehydration and hardening of the integuments, which form seed coats.
The ovule is a single megasporangium (in seed plants, this is called the nucellus) surrounded by one or two integuments (in rare cases, none or three) and containing inside the nucellus a single megasporocyte (spore mother cell).
Seeds are surrounded by one or two integuments, which develop into a seed coat that is usually hard.
Mature seeds are enclosed in integuments that may become hard and stony or that may have an outer fleshy, usually brightly coloured sarcotesta with an inner stony sclerotesta.
The wide diversity of integuments among vertebrates further exemplifies the adaptive character of the body covering: from the almost impenetrable shield of an armadillo and the dense furry coat of an Arctic bear to the slimy, scaled covering of a cod and the exceptionally smooth skin of a porpoise.
