A cuticular covering that is composed primarily of chitin. The main structural component of arthropod cuticle is a polysaccharide, chitin, composed of N-acetylglucosamine units, together with proteins and lipids[WP]. [ https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3348965&group_id=36855&atid=440764 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuticle#Invertebrate_zoology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod_exoskeleton ]
Term information
- MAT:0000150
- MIAA:0000150
- Wikipedia:Arthropod_exoskeleton
- FBbt:00004970
- EFO:0000944
- HAO:0000240
uberon_slim, efo_slim
Term relations
- cuticle
- chitin-based acellular structure
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some integumental system
- only in taxon some Arthropoda
- develops from some outer epithelium