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The word skeleton comes to English (through Latin) from ancient Greek from the word skellein meaning dry up.
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∙ 15y agoA system of bones inside or sometimes outside a body of an organism.
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What does the word decomposes mean?
A dead body decomposes until only a skeleton remains.
What does the suffix exo mean?
"Exo" is NOT a suffix, but it is a prefix. The prefix "exo" indicates outside. The word "exoskeleton" indicates a creature with a skeleton on the outside of the body.
What is a sentence using the word cartilage?
A shark's skeleton is composed entirely of cartilage.
What are the two long bones in the skeleton?
There are more than two long bones in the skeleton but if you mean the two longest bones then the femur (longest) and tibia second longest).
Does axial skeleton includes bones of the arm?
No, it does not. The axial skeleton contains the bones arranged in a longitundinal axis, i.e. the cranium, hyoid, auditory ossicles, vertebral column and thoracic cage. The arms are part of the appendicular skeleton
How do you spell skeliton?
Do you mean skeleton? A skeleton is the framework of bones for a mammal.
What does the word decomposes mean?
A dead body decomposes until only a skeleton remains.
What type of word is skeleton?
The word skeleton is a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for a thing.
Is there another word for skeleton?
If you mean a human skeleton, than use "bones" or "bag of bones." Other meanings have different synonyms like "framework," "outline" or "minimum."
How many syllables are in the word skeleton?
The word skeleton has three syllables. (Ske-le-ton)
What does internal skeleton mean?
The skeleton is inside your body
What does axial mean?
The word "axial" means "of or pertaining to an axis" or "belonging to the axis of the body", such as the axial skeleton.
What is skeleton English to french?
The word, skeleton? It is squelette. As in, "J'ai une squelette" in French means "I have a skeleton" in English....
What is the adjective for skeleton?
Skeletal is an adjective related to the word skeleton. Adjectives describing a skeleton include bony, axial, appendicular, and grinning.
What does sheletal mean?
If the word is skeletal then it means something functioning like or related to a skeleton. Skeletal is also referred as framework of something.
What word an be used for outside of a skeleton arthropod?
The external skeleton used by arthropods is called an exoskeleton.
What does skeleton mean in ancient Greek?
In ancient Greek skeleton means "dried-up".
