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What are the 4 main parts of the axial skeloton? (5) |
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Skull, Hyoid Bone, Vertebral Column, Thoracic Cage
(Middle Ear Bones) |
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How many bones make up the axial skeloton? |
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How many bones are in the skull? |
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Waht is the hole called on the inferior side of the skull? |
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What is the name of the bone that makes up the forhead? |
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What is the name of the large bones that form the top of the skull? |
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Where are the sutures found in the axial skeloton? |
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In the cranium. It joins the parietal bones together, the parietal bone to the frontal bone, the parietal occipital bone, and the parietal to the temporal bone. |
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What's the name of the jaw bone? |
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What is the name of the bone that forms the ridge that is just below the eye socket? |
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Zygomatic Bone (or maxilla) |
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How many SECTIONS of vertebrae make up the vertebral column? |
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5 sections
(There are 4 curvatures.) |
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Name each secton of the vertebral column and state how many vertebrae make up each section. |
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Cervical-7
Thoracic-12
Lumbar-5
Pelvic-2: Sacrum and Coccyx |
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How many vertebrae are there? |
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What is the name of the most superior vertebra? Give its function. |
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What bones articulate with the sternum? |
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Clavivles, Ribs (indirectly) |
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How many ribs are true ribs? |
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