integument
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Similar to a hypodermic needle, a nematode uses its stylet to pierce cells and pull out food -- in this case from the pseudoscorpion's hypodermis, part of the outer covering known as the integument.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024
As you will note in Figure 20.9, approximately 21 percent of the venous blood is located in venous networks within the liver, bone marrow, and integument.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The pelvic organs and integument drain into the internal iliac vein, which forms from several smaller veins in the region, including the umbilical veins that run on either side of the bladder.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The anterior tibial artery is located between the tibia and fibula, and supplies blood to the muscles and integument of the anterior tibial region.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Ecdysis, ek′di-sis, n. the act of casting off an integument, as in serpents.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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