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SKELETON Axial skeleton: Bones of skull, vertebral column, ribs and sternum. Appendicular skeleton: Bones of limbs. Splanchnic/visceral skeleton: The bones present in visceral organs. Exoskeleton: A hard structure developed on the outside of the body as the shell of a crustacean. In vertebrates the term is applied to the structures produced epidermis as hair, nails, hoof and teeth. Endoskeleton: The bony and cartilaginous structures of the body, exclusively of mesodermal origin and embedded in softer tissue.
Axial skeleton Skull Vertebral column Ribs and sternum
Apendicular skeleton
Different branches of Veterinary Anatomy, Planes of body, Descriptive Anatomical Terms, Osteology terms, Classification of bones, Composition of bones, Structure of bones, Development of bones, Skeleton
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