Skeleton

(skēl'e-tun.) [Gr., a dried body; from skello, I make dry.) (Anat.) A collection of the bones of an animal, cleansed, disposed in their natural situation, and kept in that order by means of wires, . When the bones are connected by the natural ligaments, it is called a natural S.; when by other means, it is termed an artificial S. (See S. OF MAN, Fig. 459.) [s. 830]