splanchnoskeleton

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English

Etymology

Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα (splánkhna, viscera) + English skeleton.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsplæŋknəʊˌskɛlɪtən/

Noun

splanchnoskeleton (plural splanchnoskeletons)

  1. (anatomy) That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera.
    • 1848, Richard Owen, On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton:
      the small petrosal , and the columelliform stapes , are intercalated portions of sense - capsules and appendages referable to the system of the splanchnoskeleton.

References

splanchno-skeleton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.