It can mean either a natural covering as a skin, shell, or rind, or it can mean any covering, coating, enclosure, etc.
The integument is a very modern word because it has only been in existence since the seventeenth century. It means the layer that encloses something. For example, a corn husk is an integument.
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The skin
it is a protective layer
The integument
Epidermis and dermis.
The integumentary system, or simply, the integument, protects the inside of the body. The integument includes skin, hair, feathers, fur, toenails, fingernails, and so forth.
Epithelial
The integument system is the skin and does have the ability to help remove waste. Salts, water, urea and ammonia are lost through the skin.
In its many and varied forms it is called the Integument.
outer integument