skeletal system

Questions about skeletal system

What does skeletal system mean?

skeletal system means "the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal".

What is another word for skeletal system?

Close synonyms include skeleton, frame, systema skeletale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skeletal system a common word?

skeletal system 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.