fish bone
Catch's inner structure
A fish bone is one of the many small, thin bones found in the flesh of fish.
Because they're easy to miss while eating, fish bones are notorious for getting stuck in the throat: She got a fish bone caught in her throat.
The intricate skeletal structure of fish, with its fine radiating bones, sometimes serves as a visual pattern: a fish bone weave.
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- throatNeck's inner passage
- chokeObstruct breathing or airflow
- choking hazardItem risking airway blockage
scales · fin · gills · catch · swallow · stuck · sharp · tiny · delicate · splinter · tweezers · careful · crunchy · fried · skull · ribcage · needle · white
- foreign bodiessplinter, glass shard, bullet, shrapnel, metal fragment
- beachcombingseashell, shells, driftwood, sea glass, sand dollar
- fossilsammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils, fossil
- seafood partsfillet, fin, tail, shell, claw
- small objectsbead, button, coin, penny, dime
- protective structuresexoskeleton, carapace, shell, cuticle, elytra