Tegmen

Tegmen (plural Tegmina; from Latin tegere ' to cover', 'roof', 'covering', 'shell', 'garment') denotes:

• historical proper name of Zeta Cancri , a star system around 80 light years from Earth
• a wholly or partially thickened and pigmented wing of insects that still shows clear veining, see Tegmina
• the formed only of the inner integument of the ovule seed coat of plants
• the calyx cover of sea lilies and hair stars, see sea ​​lilies and hair stars # characteristics
• Tegmen tympani , tympanic roof, a thin bone plate bounding the tympanic cavity of the ear at the top, see tympanic cavity # Topographical anatomy
• Tegmen ventriculi quarti , the roof of the fourth cerebral ventricle, see cerebral ventricle # Fourth ventricle
• Part of the male sexual apparatus in entomology , synonymous with the parametric plate

See also: Tegmentum

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.