| NOUN | body | integumentary system | the skin and its appendages |
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| Meaning | The skin and its appendages. | |
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| Parts | hair | A covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head) |
| nail | horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits | |
| sebaceous gland, sebaceous follicle, glandulae sebaceae | A cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin | |
| skin, tegument, cutis | A natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch | |
| Broader | system | A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts |
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