skeleton

Also known as skeletal system, bones

A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals. There are several types of skeletons, including the exoskeleton, which is a rigid outer shell that holds up an organism's shape; the endoskeleton, a rigid internal frame to which the organs and soft tissues attach; and the hydroskeleton, a flexible internal structure supported by the hydrostatic pressure of body fluids.

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A skeleton is the structural frame that supports an animal's body, and different animals have different types depending on their needs. The three main types are the exoskeleton (a rigid outer shell), the endoskeleton (a rigid internal frame inside the body), and the hydroskeleton (a flexible structure supported by fluid pressure).

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Key facts

Anatomy.Name: Skeleton
Anatomy.Greek: σκελετός
Anatomy.Image: Horse and Man.jpg
Anatomy.Caption: A horse and human skeleton placed in a display at Australian Museum in Sydney

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Research

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Developmental regulation of the growth plate.ReviewNature · 2003Kronenberg HMDOI: 10.1038/nature01657
Adversarial Attack on Skeleton-Based Human Action Recognition.IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems · 2022Liu J, Akhtar N, Mian ADOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2020.3043002
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The axial skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Stewart TA, Lemberg JB, Hillan EJ et al.DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2316106121
Hox patterning of the vertebrate axial skeleton.ReviewDevelopmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2007Wellik DMDOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21286
Towards Automatic Skeleton Extraction With Skeleton Grafting.IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics · 2021Yang C, Indurkhya B, See J et al.DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2020.3003994
Effects of Skeleton Structure of Mesoporous Silica Nanoadjuvants on Cancer Immunotherapy.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024Tan J, Ding B, Chen H et al.DOI: 10.1002/smll.202305567

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Commons gallery: Skeleton
Commons category: Skeletons
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Contents

Etymology
Classification
Exoskeletons
Endoskeletons
Rigidity
Hydrostatic skeletons
Cytoskeleton
Vertebrate skeletons
Amphibians and reptiles
Birds
Fish
Mammals
Marine mammals
Humans
Invertebrate skeletons
Arthropods
Echinoderms
Molluscs
Sponges
Cartilage
See also
References
Bibliography
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Vertebrates are animals with an endoskeleton centered around an axial vertebral column, and their skeletons are typically composed of bones and cartilages. Invertebrates are other animals that lack a vertebral column, and their skeletons vary, including hard-shelled exoskeleton (arthropods and most molluscs), plated internal shells (e.g. cuttlebones in some cephalopods) or rods (e.g. ossicles in echinoderms), hydrostatically supported body cavities (most), and spicules (sponges). Cartilage is a rigid connective tissue that is found in the skeletal systems of vertebrates and invertebrates.