(n.) That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.
Example Sentences:
(1) Peculiarities of the body integument, proportions, development of the fat component of the body mass etc.
(2) Biochemical analyses of the dorsal integument of the isopod, Armadillidium vulgare, revealed that sepiapterin, biopterin, pterin, isoxanthopterin and uric acid accumulated in the yellow-colored chromatophores which are distinguishable from ommochrome chromatophores.
(3) Confusing this lesion with metastatic deposits during 201Tl neoplastic evaluations can be avoided by examination of the adjacent integument.
(4) Subdivision of the scales also allowed a close fit between the elements of the insulative integument.
(5) Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS; scleroderma) is a multisystem disease characterized by inflammation, fibrosis and degeneration of the integument, with similar changes and vascular lesions in the heart, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract and synovia.
(6) Epithelial-mesenchymal interactions play important roles in the development of the vertebrate integument with its diverse appendages.
(7) Chemical alteration of the acquired pellicle appears to be the major reason for these brown integuments.
(8) Three objectives have priority in surgical therapy: 1) complete (wide) resection of tumor, 2) reconstruction of the chest wall to allow adequate spontaneous ventilation, and 3) cosmetically acceptable coverage with integument.
(9) The safety of mesothelial integument in hepar capsula has not been damaged.
(10) Spontaneous cellular differentiation (glandular units appearance with a well-defined duct) is observed in larval integument of Schistocerca cultured in an hormone free medium.
(11) It was characterized by two inner and two outer hooks adjacent to the mouth opening, the presence of accessory lobes (or spines) on the outer hooks, a vertical slit-like mouth opening surrounded by a U-shaped conformation of integument, and annulation of the body surface.
(12) Reflecting chromatophores in the integument of the guppy, Lebistes reticulatus Peters, are of two distinct types, iridophores and leucophores.
(13) These data demonstrate that this enteric peptide-producing cell is strikingly similar both morphologically and biochemically to the granular gland, previously considered a highly specialized structure of the amphibian integument.
(14) Dermal tumour development within the dorsal integument and groin region ultimately projected into the epidermis and occurred during the 3 month period subsequent to the last DMBA injection.
(15) The dermal cells in grey, xanthic, and white goldfish integuments were cytochemically characterized for the following enzymatic activities: tyrosinase, DOPA-oxidase, cytochrome oxidase, monoamine oxidase, peroxidase, non-specific esterase, cholinesterase, NAD-diaphorase, NADP-diaphorase, aryl sulfatase, nucleotide phosphodiesterase, beta-glucuronidase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase, thiamine pyrophosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase, aldolase, as well as succinate, malate, isocitrate, glutamate, glucose-6-phosphate, 6-phosphogluconate, alpha-glycerophosphate, alcohol, lactate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenases.
(16) In the integument (toe web), diester greater than monoester approximately equal to free alcohol were found.
(17) We have compared the anatomy of immature axolotl integument from limb-forming regions with adjacent non-limb-forming regions of the flank, concentrating on the earliest stages of limb bud development.
(18) The relative scarcity of primary and secondary skin infections in birds depends, at least in part, on the functional morphological barrier presented by the avian integument.
(19) The dynamics of growth processes was studied in the integument and nucellus of Pinus silvestris during the year of fertilization.
(20) The venous drainage mirrors the arterial supply in the deep tissues and in most areas of the integument in the head, neck, and torso.
Umbo
Definition:
(n.) The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
(n.) A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.
(n.) One of the lateral prominence just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
Example Sentences:
(1) The position, displacement and phase angle of the rotation axis of the ossicles was calculated based on the displacement and phase angle of the umbo, malleus head and lenticular process.
(2) The bending will also affect the displacements transmitted to the ossicular load, and introduce significant errors into estimates of such displacements based on measurements of umbo displacement even at frequencies as low as a few kHz.
(3) The umbo region may represent the center of superficially radial dispersion.
(4) The epithelial migration center was found at the region of umbo, manubrium, and the short process of the malleus.
(5) It is demonstrated that the rotation angels can not account for the measured movement of the umbo, which leads to the conclusion that for static high pressure levels the classical hypothesis of rotation around a fixed axis has to be abandoned.
(6) There is a small area we have termed the "slow zone", located anterior and inferior to the umbo, that has comparatively fewer patches and where ink dots can remain static for several weeks.
(7) This attachment is most intimate at the level of the umbo and becomes progressively more tenuous as the short process is approached.
(8) It is shown further that a linear relationship between umbo displacement and volume displacement exists.
(9) The acoustically estimated "drum location" generally lay between the optically determined vertical planes containing the TOD and the umbo.
(10) The displacement of the umbo is compared to other work.
(11) All of the modifications (except the perforation) had a minimal effect on umbo displacement; this seems to imply that the pars flaccida has a minor acoustic role in human beings.
(12) Due to the gliding movement in the malleus-incus joint, this motion changes at the umbo into outward rotation, counteracting the tensor tympani muscle.
(13) When the motion is rotational the position of the axis of rotation shifts with frequency, the shifts are so large that the axis can lie near the umbo so that amplitudes at the processus lateralis are larger than at the umbo.
(14) The umbo moved piston-like at 0.1-0.8 kHz and 2.6-4.5 kHz but in an ellipse at 1.0-2.4 kHz.
(15) The vibration amplitude and phase angle of the umbo, malleus head, lenticular process and stapes head were measured at 19 frequencies between 0.1 kHz and 4.5 kHz.
(16) The malleus head showed elliptical movement with its long axis anteriorly tilted around 45 degrees from the direction of the umbo vibration at 0.1 kHz.
(17) As a result of the bending, the frequency response at the umbo at high frequencies displays much higher amplitudes and larger phase lags than when the manubrium is rigid.
(18) The effects of aditus blockage, decrease of tympanic cavity volume, and resection of the tensor tympani muscle on umbo displacement were studied in human temporal bones using a new non-contacting video measuring system.
(19) The umbo, lenticular process and stapes head vibrated parallel at lower frequencies.
(20) The three-dimensional movements of the umbo, the proc.