Skeleton (disambiguation)

A skeleton is a biological system providing support in a living organism.

Skeleton or skeletons may also refer to:

Science and computers

  • Human skeleton, human anatomy
  • Skeletonization (forensics), refers to the complete decomposition of the non-bony tissues of a corpse, leading to a bare skeleton
  • n-skeleton, the subcomplex of a simplicial complex or CW complex consisting of all faces of or below a certain dimension
  • Skeleton (category theory), in mathematics, every category has a skeleton in which no two distinct objects are isomorphic
  • Skeleton (computer programming), a style of computer programming
  • Algorithmic skeleton, a style of parallel programming based on simple high-level patterns
  • Skeletal animation, a computer technique used to animate 3D characters
  • Topological skeleton, a digital image processing technique used to detect objects and regions within images
  • Morphological skeleton in digital image processing
  • Class skeleton, an outline of a class used in software engineering
  • Skeletal formula, in chemistry, the skeletal structure or skeleton of a molecule
  • Straight skeleton, in geometry, is a method of representing a polygon
  • Skeletonizer (disambiguation), a common name for several species of moth

Music

  • Skeletons (band), a New York-based indie rock group also known as Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys and Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities

Albums

Songs

Televisions and films

Games

  • Skeleton (sport) (or tobogganing), a fast winter sliding sport
  • Skeleton (Guitar Hero), a playable character in the Xbox 360 version of the video game Guitar Hero: World Tour
  • Skeleton (Dungeons & Dragons), an undead creature from the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game
  • Skeleton+, an Atari 2600 video game in Activision Anthology

Other

See also

  • Bone, a rigid organ that constitutes part of the vertebrate skeleton.
  • Exoskeleton, an exterior skeleton
  • Endoskeleton, an interior skeleton
  • Hydroskeleton, a skeleton supported by fluid pressure
  • Cytoskeleton, an element present in all cells of all domains of life
  • Lich, sometimes mistaken as a normal skeleton
  • Skelethon, an album by Aesop Rock
  • Skeletor, a fictional character in the cartoon He-man Masters of the Universe
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