Definition of integumentary system Integumentary system
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What does integumentary system mean?
WordNet
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| integumentary system - the skin and its appendages | ||
| system instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer" | ||
| cutis, tegument, skin an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane" | ||
| hair a filamentous projection or process on an organism | ||
| glandulae sebaceae, sebaceous follicle, sebaceous gland a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin | ||
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The integumentary system is everything covering the outside of our bodies. This means skin, hair, scales, nails, sweat glands and their products (sweat and mucus). The name comes from the Latin "integumentum", which means 'a covering'.
The integumentary system.
Skin, hair, scales, feathers and nails make up the integumentary system.
