In the integument of caterpillars chitin forms a cuticle that is tough but flexible.
There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, that Harvard professor and mycologist Roland Thaxter once gave a public lecture on the Laboulbeniales, an enigmatic group of fungi that grow on the integument of insects.
In addition to its roles in respiration and maintaining water balance, the integument of amphibians contains poison glands that release toxins.
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.
Human skin, in human anatomy, the covering, or integument, of the body's surface that both provides protection and receives sensory stimuli from the external environment.
Although most ciliates are free-living and aquatic, such as the Paramecium, many are ectocommensals, dwelling harmlessly on the gills or integument of invertebrates, and some, such as the dysentery-causing Balantidium, are parasitic.
The term includes the calcareous housings of sessile invertebrates such as clams but is most commonly applied to the chitinous integument of arthropods, such as insects, spiders, and crustaceans.
Astaxanthin pigment is found in the integument of the ornamental fish [15].
The origin of perforator flaps was an extension of the concept that the integument of the body can be divided into angiosomes [5].
In general, the seed coat is composed of a few layers of cells with no vascular tissue present, and it develops mainly from the outer integument of the ovule after fertilization.
We develop a coherent view of the form and function of the integument of water-walking insects and spiders by reviewing biological work on the subject in light of recent advances in surface science.
