episkeletal, a. Anat.
(ɛpɪˈskɛlɪtəl)
[f. epi- + skelet-on + -al1.]
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. |