Skeleton

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 45

In biology, the supporting or inclosing structure for sustaining or protecting the soft parts of an organism. Cf. Endoskeleton , Exoskeleton, Dermoskeleton, Scleroskeleton, Splanehnoskeleton. S., Cartilaginous, the cartilaginous development from which the bony skeleton is formed through o ification.