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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
acellular membrane +  
Bruch's membrane 
calcified structure of brain +  
chitin-based acellular structure +  
collagenous dermal stroma 
collection of collagen fibrils +  
compound eye corneal lens 
cusp of tooth +  
cutaneous microfibril 
cuticle +  
Tough but flexible, non-mineral outer coverings of an organism, or parts of an organism, that provide protection. Cuticles are non-homologous, differing in their origin, structure and chemical composition[WP].
egg capsule 
egg chorion +  
eggshell +  
endocuticle 
exocuticle 
gastrolith 
gelatinous layer of statoconial membrane 
imaginal disc-derived wing vein 
insect chorionic specialization +  
insect cuticular specialization +  
keratin-based acellular structure 
lamina rara externa 
lamina rara interna 
myoseptum +  
otolith +  
primary vitreous 
pupal case +  
Reissner's fiber +  
statolith 
subcupular meshwork of statoconial membrane 

Synonyms
Related Synonyms: cuticula ;   cuticular exoskeleton
Xrefs: BTO:0001600 ;   Wikipedia:Cuticle
relational_adjective: cuticular
Definition Sources: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3348965&group_id=36855&atid=440764, Wikipedia:Cuticle

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