Biology of the Integument

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Introduction, Intercellular Junctions and Cilia

   1. Introduction

      • K. Sylvia Richards

      Pages 1-4

   2. Intercellular Junctions

      • C. R. Green

      Pages 5-16

   3. Cilia

      • Michael J. Sanderson

      Pages 17-42

3. The Diploblastic Level

   1. Introduction to the Diploblastic Level

      • G. O. Mackie

      Pages 43-46

   2. Cnidaria: Cell Types

      • Manfred Hündgen

      Pages 47-56

   3. Cnidaria: Cnidae

      • Richard N. Mariscal

      Pages 57-68

   4. Cnidaria: Secreted Surface

      • James G. Tidball

      Pages 69-78

   5. Cnidaria: Permeability, Epidermal Transport and Related Phenomena

      • Dietrich Schlichter

      Pages 79-95

   6. Ctenophora

      • Mari-Luz Hernandez-Nicaise

      Pages 96-111

4. Acoelomata

   1. Turbellarian Platyhelminths

      • Seth Tyler

      Pages 112-131

   2. Parasitic Platyhelminths

      • L. T. Threadgold

      Pages 132-191

   3. Platyhelminth Host-Parasite Interface

      • A. Dean Befus, Ron B. Podesta

      Pages 192-204

   4. Nemertea

      • Ray Gibson

      Pages 205-211

5. Pseudocoelomata

   1. Nematoda

      • Alan F. Bird

      Pages 212-233

   2. Acanthocephala

      • P. J. Whitfield

      Pages 234-241

   3. Minor Pseudocoelomates

      • Volker Storch

      Pages 242-268

6. Annelida

   1. Epidermal Cells

      • Ulrich Welsch, Volker Storch, K. Sylvia Richards

      Pages 269-296

   2. Chaetae

      • Paul G. Schroeder

      Pages 297-309

   3. Cuticle

      • K. Sylvia Richards

      Pages 310-322

The integument plays an important role in the survival of meta­ zoans by separating and protecting them from a hostile environ­ ment. Its function ranges from protection against injury and in­ fection; partlcipation in the regulation of body temperature and water balance, to respiratory activity, monitoring of the environ­ ment and production of signals related to behaviour. All these result from specific structural, biochemical and physiological properties of intra-and extracellular components of the integu­ ment. Thus its characterization can be best accomplished by a multidisciplinary approach with authors specialized in different fields of science. This multi-author book, in two volumes, provides an up-to­ date survey of the literature. The first volume deals with the integument of invertebrates, the second with that of vertebrates, both organized primarily on a phylum basis. As the level of knowledge on the integument of phyla differs considerably, the information provided is correspondingly either limited or con­ densed. For some of the smaller groups of invertebrates little information is available, as often only a few electron micrographs are to be found in the literature; on the other hand, from the large body of knowledge existing for vertebrates, particularly for mammals, no complete overview can be provided, but publica­ tions giving access to further information have been reviewed critically.

• Integument
• biochemistry
• biology
• cell
• cytoskeleton
• enzyme
• evolution
• host resistance
• insects
• membrane
• morphology
• parasites
• regeneration
• regulation
• resistance

• Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Kinematische Zellforschung, Frankfurt a.M., Germany

  Jürgen Bereiter-Hahn

• Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

  A. Gedeon Matoltsy

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, Keele, Staffordshire ST5, UK

  K. Sylvia Richards

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