- skeletal structure - any structure created by the skeleton of an organism
--1 is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
--1 is a part of skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale
--1 has particulars:rib cage; arch; heel; girdle; appendicular skeleton; axial skeleton; spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis; metacarpus; metatarsus; tarsus