HyperDic: axial_skeleton

English > 1 sense of the expression axial skeleton:
NOUNbodyaxial skeletonthe part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs
English > axial skeleton: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs.
Part ofendoskeletonThe internal skeleton
Partsrib cageThe bony enclosing wall of the chest
skullThe bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachisThe series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
sternum, breastboneThe flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs
Broaderskeletal structureAny structure created by the skeleton of an organism
Spanishesqueleto axial
Catalanesquelet axial

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