axial skeleton

What does axial skeleton mean?

axial skeleton means "the part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs".

Is axial skeleton a common word?

axial skeleton is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for axial skeleton come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.