splanchnoskeleton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα (splánkhna, “viscera”) + English skeleton.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
splanchnoskeleton (plural splanchnoskeletons)
- (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[edit]
“splanchno-skeleton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.