| 释义 |
episkeletal, a. Anat.|ɛpɪˈskɛlɪtəl|
[f. epi- + skelet-on + -al1.]
Of muscles: Situated upon the skeleton, i.e. lying above the horizontal plane of the vertebral axis.
1871Huxley Anat. Vert. ii. 45 The episkeletal muscles are developed out of the protovertebræ. |