endoskeleton
/en-doh-skel-i-tn/US // ˌɛn doʊˈskɛl ɪ tn //UK // (ˌɛndəʊˈskɛlɪtən) //
内骨骼,内骨架,内层骨架,内架子
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Zoology.
- : the internal skeleton or framework of the body of an animal.
Examples
This is contrasted with the human skeletal system, which is classified as an endoskeleton.
Apparently have endoskeleton, but organization of the internal organs remains obscure.
These membrane bones are so intimately related to the true endoskeleton that they will be described with it.
The various bones composing the endoskeleton are united to one another either by sutures or by movable joints.
Bone is in many cases exoskeletal, but it will be most conveniently described with the endoskeleton.
In general fish with a greatly developed dermal armour have the endoskeleton poorly developed; and the converse also holds good.
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