Exoskeleton Structure of mammals
General Structure
- The integument is one of the largest organs of the body. Making of somehow 15% of the human body weight.
- The skin is composed of an out of epidermis and inner-dermis.
- Between epidermis and dermis lies the basement membrane, consisting of basal lamina and reticular lamina.
- Epidermis is derived from the ectoderm and produces the basal lamina.
- Dermis develops from mesoderm and produces reticular lamina.