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Axial :: Axial (a.) Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones..

Neuroskeletal :: Neuroskeletal (a.) Of or pertaining to the neuroskeleton.

Ginglymodi :: Ginglymodi (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel..

Splanchnotomy :: Splanchno-skeleton (n.) That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera.

Carcass :: Carcass (n.) The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing..

Hypaxial :: Hypaxial (a.) Beneath the axis of the skeleton; subvertebral; hyposkeletal.

Exo :: Exo () A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton..

Screw :: Screw (n.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand..

Articulator :: Articulator (n.) One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering..

Skeletonizer :: Skeletonizer (n.) Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer..

Bone :: Bone (n.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone..

Skeleton :: Skeleton (n.) The heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon..

Corallum :: Corallum (n.) The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral..

Ossicle :: Ossicle (n.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes..

Pneumoskeleton :: Pneumoskeleton (n.) A chitinous structure which supports the gill in some invertebrates.

Fibrospongiae :: Fibrospongiae (n. pl.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges..

Articulated :: Articulated (a.) United by, or provided with, articulations; jointed; as, an articulated skeleton..

Spider :: Spider (n.) A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc..

Disarticulator :: Disarticulator (n.) One who disarticulates and prepares skeletons.

Dinosauria :: Dinosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large bird tracks, so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix..

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