A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of most animals. There are several types of skeletons, including the exoskeleton, which is a...
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Skeletonization is the state of a dead organism after undergoing decomposition. Skeletonization refers to the final stage of decomposition, during which...
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The human skeleton is the internal framework of the human body. It is composed of around 270 bones at birth – this total decreases to around 206 bones...
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The axial skeleton is the part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate. In the human skeleton, it consists of...
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The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic coast of Namibia. Immediately south of Angola, it stretches from the Kunene River to the Swakop...
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A skeleton crew is the minimum number of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item – such as a business, organization, or ship – at its most simple...
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The appendicular skeleton is the portion of the vertebrate endoskeleton consisting of the bones and cartilages that support the paired appendages (fins...
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Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or bobsleigh), down a frozen track while lying face...
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Skeleton in the closet or skeleton in the cupboard is a colloquial phrase and idiom used to describe an undisclosed fact about someone which, if revealed...
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The facial skeleton comprises the facial bones that may attach to build a portion of the skull. The remainder of the skull is the neurocranium. In human...
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A skeleton key (also known as a passkey) is a type of master key in which the serrated edge has been removed in such a way that it can open numerous locks...
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The Skeleton Key is a 2005 American supernatural folk horror film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard...
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Look up skeleton in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A skeleton is a biological system providing support in a living organism. Skeleton or skeletons may also...
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skeleton crew in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A skeleton crew is the minimum number of personnel needed to operate and maintain an item. Skeleton...
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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is an upcoming American science fiction television series created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford for the streaming service...
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Look up skeleton key in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A skeleton key is a key that has been filed in such a way as to bypass the security measures...
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Skeleton Lake may refer to: Skeleton Lake (Ontario), in the Muskoka region Skeleton Lake (Alberta), near Boyle Roopkund or Skeleton Lake, a high altitude...
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Look up skeleton in the closet or skeleton in the cupboard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skeleton in the Closet or Skeleton in the Cupboard may...
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Skeleton Tree is the sixteenth studio album by Australian rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. It was released on 9 September 2016 on Bad Seed Ltd. A...
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The Skeleton Twins is a 2014 American comedy drama film directed by Craig Johnson and starring Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig. The film premiered in competition...
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In mathematics, particularly in algebraic topology, the n-skeleton of a topological space X presented as a simplicial complex (resp. CW complex) refers...
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A hydrostatic skeleton or hydroskeleton is a type of skeleton supported by hydrostatic fluid pressure or liquid, common among soft-bodied invertebrate...
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A skeleton is a type of physically manifested undead often found in fantasy, gothic, and horror fiction, as well as mythology, folklore, and various kinds...
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Red skeleton may refer to: The Red Skeleton, a fictional character from the 1950s U.S. children's TV puppet show Time for Beany Red Skeleton, a fictional...
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Jack Skellington (redirect from Jack Skeleton)
the protagonist of the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is a skeleton who is the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, a fantasy world based solely...
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analysis, skeleton (or topological skeleton) of a shape is a thin version of that shape that is equidistant to its boundaries. The skeleton usually emphasizes...
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In digital image processing, morphological skeleton is a skeleton (or medial axis) representation of a shape or binary image, computed by means of morphological...
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The Skeleton Army was a diffuse group from Weston-super-Mare, active particularly in Southern England, that opposed and disrupted The Salvation Army's...
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In cardiology, the cardiac skeleton, also known as the fibrous skeleton of the heart, is a high-density homogeneous structure of connective tissue that...
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A skeleton suit was an outfit of clothing for small boys, popular from about 1790 to the late 1820s, after which it increasingly lost favor with the advent...
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