Editing Integument (section)

==Zoological usage==
The integument of an organ in [[zoology]] typically would comprise membranes of connective tissue such as those around a kidney or liver. In referring to the integument of an animal, the usual sense is its skin and its derivatives: the [[integumentary system]], where "integumentary" is a synonym of "[[Skin|cutaneous]]".

In [[arthropod|arthropods]], the integument, or external "skin", consists of a single layer of [[epithelium|epithelial]] [[ectoderm]] from which arises the [[cuticle]],<ref name="Kristensen&Georges2003">{{cite book|last1=Kristensen|first1=Niels P.|last2=Georges|first2=Chauvin|title=Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies: Morphology, Physiology, and Development : Teilband|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5w8FgSGuH34C&pg=PA484|access-date=10 January 2013|date=1 December 2003|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-016210-3|page=484|chapter=Integument}}</ref> an outer covering of [[chitin]], the rigidity of which varies as per its chemical composition.