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The 41 pages that link to Chitin, each with the reason it gives.

• ArthropodRelated: It forms a major structural component of the arthropod cuticle.

• KeratinCompared with: Chitin forms protective structures but is a carbohydrate, not a protein.

• ExoskeletonRelated: This polymer gives many exoskeletons tensile strength.

• LigninCompared with: It provides structural strength in other organisms without lignin’s aromatic chemistry.

• InsectivoryRelated: Its indigestible outer coverings shape how insectivores process and extract nutrients from prey.

• RadulaRelated: Radular teeth commonly contain chitin, which helps them resist wear.

• MoltingRelated: Chitin is a major material in the cuticle that arthropods shed and rebuild.

• FungusRelated: Fungal cell walls use chitin for strength, unlike plant cell walls made chiefly of cellulose.

• Arthropod exoskeletonRelated: This polymer forms the exoskeleton’s main fibrous framework.

• FungiRelated: It is a defining material in the walls of many fungal cells.

• Cell wallRelated: Fungi use chitin as a major load-bearing component of their walls.

• MoldRelated: Chitin is a major structural material in the walls of many mold cells.

• CuticleRelated: Chitin fibers reinforce the cuticle's protein matrix.

• Fungal cell wallRelated: Chitin forms a load-bearing framework in many fungal walls.

• PolysaccharideBroader topic: It provides structural support in organisms that do not use cellulose as their main structural polymer.

• Insect cuticleRelated: Chitin forms the cuticle’s main fibrous scaffold.

• PancrustaceaRelated: Pancrustacean exoskeletons contain chitin, a material with industrial and biomedical uses.

• ArthropodaRelated: Chitin is a major structural component of the arthropod exoskeleton.

• OomyceteCompared with: True fungi commonly build walls from chitin, whereas oomycete walls are chiefly cellulose and glucans.

• HemicelluloseCompared with: Chitin provides structural support in other organisms through a chemically distinct polymer.

• Insect respirationRelated: Chitin reinforces the cuticle around respiratory openings and tracheal tubes.

• ParapodiumRelated: Parapodial chaetae are made largely of chitin.

• ChaetaNarrower topic: Chaetae are built from this durable material.

• GizzardRelated: Insect gizzards may bear chitinous teeth or plates that help grind food.

• Crab meatRelated: It forms a major component of the shell that must be separated from the flesh.

• DurophagyRelated: Arthropod prey can resist feeding with chitin-reinforced external coverings.

• Crustacean moltingRelated: Chitin forms a major framework of the old and newly secreted cuticle.

• OpisthokontRelated: Chitin-rich cell walls are a notable feature of many fungal opisthokonts.

• BryozoaRelated: Some bryozoans incorporate chitin into protective structures or colony components.

• ChitosanNarrower topic: Removing acetyl groups from chitin produces chitosan.

• N-AcetylglucosamineBroader topic: Its β-1,4-linked residues form a major structural polymer of this sugar.

• VibrioRelated: Chitin in aquatic organisms can support Vibrio growth and influence environmental persistence.

• Cephalopod beakNarrower topic: Chitin contributes to the beak’s tough composite material.

• Insects as foodRelated: Insect exoskeletons contain chitin, which affects texture and digestibility.

• BlastocladiomycotaRelated: Chitin-rich walls help distinguish fungal stages from their flagellated swimming cells.

• Hercules beetleRelated: This material forms much of the beetle's external skeleton.

• Mollusc shellRelated: Chitin occurs in some shell-associated organic matrices and illustrates the shell's non-mineral components.

• Animal shellRelated: Many arthropod coverings combine chitin with proteins and minerals.

• Evolution of fungiRelated: Its presence in fungi is a distinctive inherited feature, not evidence of close kinship with insects.

• Fungal StructuresRelated: It gives fungal cell walls mechanical strength.

• TestCompared with: Unlike chitinous coverings, many tests are mineralized structures.