SKELETAL SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skeletal system mean? 

• SKELETAL SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun SKELETAL SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

  Familiarity information: SKELETAL SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKELETAL SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

frame; skeletal system; skeleton; systema skeletale

Hypernyms ("skeletal system" is a kind of...):

system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

Meronyms (parts of "skeletal system"):

skeletal structure (any structure created by the skeleton of an organism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skeletal system"):

endoskeleton (the internal skeleton; bony and cartilaginous structure (especially of vertebrates))

exoskeleton (the exterior protective or supporting structure or shell of many animals (especially invertebrates) including bony or horny parts such as nails or scales or hoofs)

Holonyms ("skeletal system" is a part of...):

musculoskeletal system (the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form)

 Context examples 

A paraneoplastic disorder affecting the skeletal system.

(Oncogenic Osteomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in skeletal system development.

(ANXA2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Together with other joints and bones, a joint constitutes the skeletal system.

(Joint, NCI Thesaurus/UWDA)

The branch of surgery broadly concerned with the skeletal system (bones and joints).

(Orthopedics, NCI Thesaurus)

The spread of a malignant neoplasm from a primary site to the skeletal system.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical procedure to treat and correct deformities, diseases, and injuries to the skeletal system, its articulations, and associated structures.

(Orthopedic Surgical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)