skeletal structure
Body's internal scaffolding
Skeletal structure refers to the framework of bones that supports and shapes a body, or more broadly, any underlying framework that gives something its basic form.
In anatomy, the skeletal structure determines how an organism moves and protects its organs.
The term extends to abstract frameworks: the skeletal structure of an argument, the skeletal structure of a novel.
Something reduced to its skeletal structure has been stripped to essentials.
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- fossil remainsPreserved ancient organism traces
- skullHead's bone casing
- spinal columnSegmented skeletal axis
- spineColumn of vertebrae
vertebral column · bone · ribcage · framework · bare bones · paleontology · museum exhibit · vertebrae · rib cage · articulated · tibia · pelvis · morphology · femur · ossification · body frame · clavicle · collarbone
- mammal anatomyskull, muscles, teeth, ears, eyes
- physiquebuild, body type, figure, physique, somatotype
- kinesiologymuscles, bones, joints, tendons, flexion
- molecular diagramsmolecular model, Fischer projection, Haworth projection, space-filling, wireframe
- space framestruss, strut, node, hub, lattice
- anatomybrain, heart, bones, liver, stomach
skeletal structuresoft tissue
Non-rigid body structures
musculature · flesh · muscle tissue · connective tissue · organs
skeletal structuremusculature
Arrangement of muscles
organ systems · circulatory system · nervous system · digestive system · respiratory system
skeletal structurejellyfish
Drifting marine stinger
slug · worm · amoeba · hydrostatic skeleton · exoskeleton
skeleton, structure, structured, skeletal, skeletons, structural, structures, restructure, unstructured