a. Anat. [f. EPI- + SKELET-ON + -AL 1.] Of muscles: Situated upon the skeleton, i.e., lying above the horizontal plane of the vertebral axis.
1871. Huxley, Anat. Vert., ii. 45. The episkeletal muscles are developed out of the protovertebræ.
a. Anat. [f. EPI- + SKELET-ON + -AL 1.] Of muscles: Situated upon the skeleton, i.e., lying above the horizontal plane of the vertebral axis.
1871. Huxley, Anat. Vert., ii. 45. The episkeletal muscles are developed out of the protovertebræ.
