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splanchnoskeleton (s) (noun), splanchnoskeletons (pl)
1. In primitive vertebrates; such as, fish, the cartilaginous or bony arches (branchial) that encircle the pharyngeal portion of the digestive tract.
2. In higher vertebrates, the bones derived from the branchial arches, which include the maxilla, mandible, maleus, incus, stapes, hyoid bone, and cartilages of the larynx.
This entry is located in the following units: skeleto-, skelet-, skele- (page 2) splanchn-, splanchno- + (page 2)