Skeleton At Biology Glossary

What is it? any structure present in an organism that maintains its shape and supports structures associated with the body. It can take the form of an internal bony skeleton as in vertebrates, an external calcareous or chitinous exoskeleton as in arthropods, a hydrostatic skeleton as in jellyfish , or that of a subcellular system of support.

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