Integument

integument /in·teg·u·ment/ (in-teg´u-ment) a covering or investment.

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common integument  the covering of the body, or skin, including its various layers and their appendages.

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in·teg·u·ment (n-tgy-mnt)

n.

1. The enveloping membrane of the body, including the dermis, epidermis, hair, nails, and sebaceous, sweat, and mammary glands.

2. The membrane, capsule, skin, or other covering of a body or a part.

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in·tegu·menta·ry (-mnt-r, -mntr) adj.

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Integument

The medical name for the skin.

Mentioned in: Malignant Melanoma

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integument

a covering or investment; the skin.

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avian integument

consists of a thin dry skin (dermis and epidermis) plus appendages (feathers, uropygial gland, comb, wattles, beak, leg scales, spurs, toepads).

common integument

the skin and skin derivatives such as horn, hooves and feathers.

mammalian integument

consists of epidermis, derived from ectoderm, and dermis and hypodermis, derived from mesoderm; specializations of the epidermis produce glands, hair, hooves, horn, callosities, pads.