Connected anatomical system that forms a barrier between an animal and its environment. In vertebrates, the integumental system consists of the epidermis, dermis plus associated glands and adnexa such as hair and scales. In invertebrates, the integumental system may include cuticle. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/29 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CARO_0002001 ]
Synonyms: integumentary system
Term information
- EFO:0000807
- XAO:0000176
- CARO:0002001
- TADS:0000108
- EV:0100151
- BILA:0000118
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0037267
- HAO:0000421
- CALOHA:TS-1299
- MA:0000014
- EHDAA:6520
- MIAA:0000033
- FBbt:00004969
- EHDAA2:0000836
- UMLS:C0037267 (ncithesaurus:Integumentary_System)
- NCIT:C12907
- EHDAA2_RETIRED:0003154
- AEO:0000154
- VHOG:0000403
- MESH:D034582
- galen:Surface
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integumentary_system
- EMAPA:17524
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361692004
- MAT:0000033
- FMA:72979
efo_slim, pheno_slim, grouping_class
surface
organism surface
external covering of organism
dermal system
body surface
integumentum commune
(...) the integument of many tetrapods is reinforced by a morphologically and structurally diverse assemblage of skeletal elements. These elements are widely understood to be derivatives of the once all-encompassing dermal skeleton of stem-gnathostomes (...).[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- anatomical system
- existence ends during some fully formed stage
- bounding layer of some multicellular organism
- surrounded_by some space surrounding organism
- has part some outer epithelium