skeletal structure meaning

• Noun: skeletal structure
  1. Any structure created by the skeleton of an organism

  Derived forms: skeletal structures

  Type of: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure

  Part of: frame, skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale

  Encyclopedia: Skeletal structure

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  [Architecture]
  

  A steel framework of columns and beams that transmits all loads in a building to the foundation. See skeleton-frame construction.

• skeletal:    Adjective: skeleta ...
• structure:    Noun: structure&nb ...
• skeletal code:    [Electronics]A gen ...

Examples

1. blacks have a different skeletal structure in the ankle and foot
2. steel structures-stability-part 2 : buckling of bars and skeletal structures; amendment a1
3. protein nitration will induce the changes of protein catalytic activities, cell signaling and cell skeletal structure, and lead to relevant pathological events
4. It appears to have a skull and skeletal structures made of cartilage.
5. These similarities include skeletal structure and nearly identical foot structure.