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in·teg·u·ment

(in-teg'yū-ment), [TA]

1. The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all the derivatives of the epidermis, for example, hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands, as well as the subcutaneous tissue.

2. The rind, capsule, or covering of any body or part. Synonym(s): tegument (2)

Synonym(s): integumentum commune [TA], integumentary system, tegument (1)

[L. integumentum, a covering, fr. intego, to cover]

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tegument

(tĕg′yə-mənt)

A natural outer covering; an integument.

teg′u·men′ta·ry (-mĕn′tə-rē, -mĕn′trē), teg′u·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.

in·teg·u·ment

(in-teg'yū-mĕnt) [TA]

1. The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all of the derivatives of the epidermis, e.g., hairs, nails, and sebaceous sweat, and mammary glands.

2. The rind, capsule, or covering of any body or part.
Synonym(s): integumentum commune [TA] , tegument.

[L. integumentum, a covering, fr. intego, to cover]

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tegument

(tĕg′ū-mĕnt)

1. Integument.

2. A covering structure.

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Scanning electron microscopy of the tegument of adult Schistosoma margrebowiei LeRoux, 1933, with particular reference to the structure of the tubercles.

A study of the frog lung fluke Haematoloechus (trematoda: haematoloechidae) collected from areas of Kentucky and Indiana

Femur curved and wider proximally, with deep prolateral concavity distally close to the tibial joint; tegument with abundant translucent setae, which are thinner and longer in the prolateral surface.

New morphological data for the order Ricinulei with the description of two new species of Pseudocellus (Arachnida: Ricinulei: Ricinoididae) from Mexico

Scanning electron micrographs of Furcocercaria V 14: dorsal view of cercarial body showing arrangement of sensory button papillae and spines on tegument; 15: ventral view of cercarial body showing arrangement of sensory button papillae and spines on tegument; 16: detail of rows of spines on the anterior organ; 17: ventral sucker with 5 circles of spines surrounding its opening and sensory button papillae above it; 18: detail of spines and sensory button papillae on body.

Cercarias (Orden: Strigeidae, Diplostomidae) en Biomphalaria straminea (Planorbidae) de un campo de arroz en el Nordeste Argentino

2 towards various shrimp primary cultures and hemocytes was demonstrated, showing that both have a significant cytotoxic effect, especially against hemocyte and tegument cells (Fig.

Isolation and risk assessment of Geotrichum spp. in the white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei Boone, 1931) from culture ponds/Aislamiento y evaluacion de riesgos de Geotrichum spp. en el camaron blanco (Litopenaeus vannamei Boone, 1931) en estanques de cultivo

The sculpturing of tegument also retains the same pattern and become denser through ontogenesis.

External morphology of the immature stages of vatiga manihotae (Hemiptera: Tingidae) with comments on ontogenesis

In contrast to PZQ, which causes an increase in the permeability of the membranes of schistosome cells leading to calcium-producing sustained muscular contraction, spastic paralysis and tegument damage (Doenhoff et al., 2008, 2009), [beta]-lap, in tumor cells and in the ileum, promotes the efflux of this ion, suggesting that the increase in plasma [Ca.sup.2+] is responsible for its apoptotic effect (Tagliarino et al., 2001; Bentle et al., 2006).

[beta]-Lapachone: a naphthoquinone with promising antischistosomal properties in mice

These crossings are favored by the spiny tegument, also at the origin of the traumatic destruction of the liver parenchyma followed by the inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrosis.

Parasitological and molecular observations on a little family outbreak of human fasciolosis diagnosed in Italy

Remnants of the tegument surrounded the mass and stained lightly.

Histochemical study of the progenetic trematode Alloglossidium renale

Progress by 3 points was recorded for tegument texture, edema, skin colour and plantar ridges, by 2 points at skin opacity, nipple formation, ear consistency and feminine genital organs (with hips in semiabduction), and by 1 point at lanugo, breast size and ear shape.

A case study regarding the efficiency of intervention through kinesiotherapy in premature infants

The tegument proteins VP36A and the nucleocapsid proteins VP664 (79), (87) and VP136 A (79), (88), (89), are also characterized by the presence of a cell attachment motif.

Morphogenesis, pathogenesis, detection and transmission risks of White Spot Syndrome Virus in shrimps

It is comprised of a linear dsDNA genome enclosed by an icosahedral capsid, which is surrounded by the tegument and a host cell membrane-derived envelope embedded with glycoproteins (gps) (Figure 1).