skeletal structure

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Noun

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skeletal structure - any structure created by the skeleton of an organismanatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"rib cage - the bony enclosing wall of the chestarch - a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)heel - the back part of the human footgirdle - an encircling or ringlike structureskeletal system, systema skeletale, skeleton, frame - the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animalcolumn - any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the bodyappendicular skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbsaxial skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribsspinal column, spine, vertebral column, rachis, backbone, back - the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"metacarpus - the part of the hand between the carpus and phalangesmetatarsus - the skeleton of the human foot between the toes and the tarsus; the corresponding part of the foot in birds or of the hind foot in quadrupedstarsus - the part of the foot of a vertebrate between the metatarsus and the leg; in human beings the bones of the ankle and heel collectively