| Term: | integument keratinocyte |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | integument |
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| Synonyms: | skin |
| Definition: | The outer protective barrier that separates the animal from its aquatic environment. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000368] |
| Name: | keratinocyte |
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| Synonyms: | keratinocytes |
| Definition: | An epidermal cell which synthesizes keratin and undergoes a characteristic change as it moves upward from the basal layers of the epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009158] |