Skeleton
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The skeleton (From Greek σκελετός, skeletos = "dried-body", "mummy") is the body part that forms the supporting structure of an organism. There are two different skeletal types: the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, and the endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside the body.
In a figurative sense, skeleton can refer to technology that supports a structure such as a building.
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See also
- Animated skeleton
- Lovers of Valdaro
- Bonesetter
- Chondrocyte
- Endochondral ossification
- Intramembranous ossification
- Osteoblast
- Osteometric points
- Les Épaves (1866) by Félicien Rops
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