INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM
INTEGUMENTERY SYSTEM MISCELLENOUS
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The name Integumentary comes from a Latin word that means ____
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Skin
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covering
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blanket
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warm
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Integument comes from the Latin word “integumentum, ” which means a covering. Integumentary is the adjective form of integument.
Detailed explanation-2: -1610s, from Latin integumentum “a covering, ” from integere “to cover over, ” from in-“in, upon” (from PIE root *en “in") + tegere “to cover” (from PIE root *(s)teg-“to cover"). Specific sense in biology is from 1660s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Integument is the exterior or the outermost covering of an ovule. Testa, on the other hand, is the exterior or outermost seed covering.
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