skeletal system

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The bodily system that consists of the bones, their associated cartilages, and the joints, and supports and protects the body, produces blood cells, and stores minerals.

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• noun the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal