cuticular

"People would say this is like a cuticular wax.

The principal types of cuticular processes are as follows.

The glandular cells opens up to the exterior through cuticular pores.

Below the hair bundle is an actin-rich cuticular plate.

It is required for cuticular development.

"The anterior end in both sexes was covered by numerous cuticular platelets.

The cephalic region is covered by transverse rows of cuticular spines.

There is often a cuticular ornamentation in form of cephalic vesicles or bosses.

Also, the outer cuticular surface varies markedly between humans and animals, the difference being quite apparent."

In most body regions individual cuticular structures are aligned in the plane of the epithelium.

Spongiophyton, a similarly enigmatic organism with a similar cuticular patterning.

Acerentomids are not tracheated, and instead use cuticular gas exchange.

Darkening of the hardened regions is a separate but related process; both are involved in the repair of cuticular injuries.

In some insects the invaginations remain open throughout life but, more usually, they become completely solid through the deposition of cuticular material.

Mma Potokwane looked at her fingernails, as if absorbed by some cuticular matter.

At first, only the lower part of the leaf tissue is eaten, but gradually, as the mine becomes wider, it reaches both cuticular layers.

Most specimens are preserved as hollow, cuticular sheaths that often exhibit an epidermis-like cellular pattern.

The mandibles are used to tear open the cuticular structures of its meal and expose the soft tissue areas within the organism.

The mechanism of differentiation was not elucidated, but was thought to be based upon differences in cuticular hydrocarbon odor.

The foregut is line with a cuticular lining made of chitin and proteins as protection from tough food.

In some insects, the rate of cuticular water loss is controlled to some extent by the neuroendocrine system.

Injection of brain hormones into freshly separated bodies results in a sharp reduction in cuticular water loss.

In general, insects adapted to arid environments also have an impermeable cuticular membrane that prevents water loss.

Background The adult cuticular surface of insects is covered with hairs, sensory bristles, ridges, scales and other structures.