English > endoskeleton: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | The internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates). |
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| Category | vertebrate, craniate | animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium |
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| Parts | appendicular skeleton | The part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs |
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| arm bone | A bone in the arm |
| axial skeleton | The part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs |
| bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
| clavicle, collarbone | bone linking the scapula and sternum |
| joint, articulation, articulatio | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion / motion) |
| leg bone | A bone of the leg |
| scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone | Either of two flat triangular bones one on each side of the shoulder in human beings |
| Broader | skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale | The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal |
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| Spanish | endoesqueleto, neuroesqueleto |
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| Catalan | endoesqueleto, endosquelet, neurosquelet |
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