The term exoskeleton refers to the hard outer shell ... This is contrasted with the human skeletal system, which is classified as an endoskeleton. Researchers hope that these devices can restore ...

Though bony endoskeletons are the best known, the animal kingdom features three other types of skeleton: exoskeletons, cartilaginous endoskeletons, and hydrostatic skeletons. Endoskeletons have ...

The exoskeletons of snails and clams, or their shells in common parlance, differ from the endoskeletons of turtles in several ways. Seashells are the exoskeletons of mollusks such as snails ...

Their results, published in the article 'Shape Optimisation in Exoskeletons and Endoskeletons: a Biomechanics Analysis' in the Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, showed that, whilst human ...

In the human skeleton, the backbone and bones of the limbs evolved from the endoskeleton, whereas most of the skull elements derive from the exoskeleton. Fish scales and the alligator's bony skin ...