Back Integument (Zoologie) ALS Sistema integumentario AN جهاز لحافي Arabic আচ্ছাদন তন্ত্ৰ Assamese Sistema integumentariu AST Örtük sistemi Azerbaijani Покрыўная сістэма Byelorussian Покрыўная сыстэма BE-X-OLD Покривна система Bulgarian আচ্ছাদন তন্ত্র Bengali/Bangla
The integumentary system is everything covering the outside of an animal's body. This account is written mostly with people in mind, but it applies more widely.
The integument means skin, hair, scales, nails, sweat glands and their products (sweat and mucus). The name comes from the Latin integumentum, which means 'a covering'.