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Integumentary System

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-014645

1. The outer covering of the body composed of the SKIN and the skin appendages, which are the HAIR, the NAILS; and the SEBACEOUS GLANDS and the SWEAT GLANDS and their ducts.

2. The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all of the derivatives of the epidermis, e.g., hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-014645
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH); National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014645",
  "term": "Integumentary System",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The outer covering of the body composed of the SKIN and the skin appendages, which are the HAIR, the NAILS; and the SEBACEOUS GLANDS and the SWEAT GLANDS and their ducts.\n\n2. The enveloping membrane of the body; includes, in addition to the epidermis and dermis, all of the derivatives of the epidermis, e.g., hairs, nails, sudoriferous and sebaceous glands, and mammary glands.",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/integumentary-system/"
}

Record 14,645 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.