skeletal structures
Internal support system
Skeletal structures are the rigid frameworks that support and give shape to bodies or objects.
In biology, this means bones and cartilage that hold an organism together: The skeletal structures of birds are adapted for flight.
The term extends to any underlying framework—architectural supports, organizational hierarchies, or the bare outlines of an argument or plan.
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- rib cageBony chest enclosure
- ribsThoracic bone set
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
- spinal columnSegmented skeletal axis
skull · mandible · pelvis · hip bone · scaffold · framework · steel frame · femur · tibia · arches · spine · model · ossification · beams · scapula · funny bone · girders · cantilevers
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Contractile body tissue
muscular system · soft tissues · musculature · organs · viscera
skeletal structuressoft tissue
Non-rigid body structures
cartilage · blood · lymph · fatty tissue · fluid
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