skeleton
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The same principles apply to endoskeletons, but they are more efficient because muscles are attached on the outside, making it easier to compensate for increased mass.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
And because the chemical make-up of seawater depends on its temperature, massive corals build endoskeletons that contain a permanent geochemical record of past warming and cooling6.
From Nature • Jul. 23, 2019
Of note is that 67-year-old “Ahnold” didn’t dye his hair for the role, which thus shows that even Terminators’ living flesh over their metallic endoskeletons can age just like a human’s.
From Washington Times • May 14, 2015
Vocabulary lists containing skeleton
Life Science: Human Systems
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Life Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology
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