splanchnoskeleton
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek σπλάγχνα (splánkhna, “viscera”) + English skeleton.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsplæŋknəʊˌskɛlɪtən/
Noun
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.
- 1848, Richard Owen, On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton
References
splanchno-skeleton in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913