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Axial Skeleton

Axial Skeleton. Axial Skeleton. The axial skeleton has three major components Skull Vertebral Column Bony Thorax. Skull. When studying the skull it is best to break it up into 3 categories Cranium Facial Bones Hyoid Bone. Cranium. The cranium is composed of 8 major bones

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Axial Skeleton

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  1. Axial Skeleton

  2. Axial Skeleton • The axial skeleton has three major components • Skull • Vertebral Column • Bony Thorax

  3. Skull • When studying the skull it is best to break it up into 3 categories • Cranium • Facial Bones • Hyoid Bone

  4. Cranium • The cranium is composed of 8 major bones • They are all single bones except for 2 which are paired bones (a left and a right)

  5. Skull • Frontal Bone • Parietal Bones (Left and Right) • Temporal Bones (Left and Right)

  6. Skull • Occipital • Sphenoid • Ethmoid

  7. Facial Bones • There are 14 facial bones • 12 of them are paired (Left and Right) • 2 of them are single bones

  8. Facial Bones • Maxillae (Maxillary bones) • Palatine Bones • Zygomatic Bones • Lacrimal Bones

  9. Facial Bones • Nasal Bones • Vomer • Inferior Conchae • Mandible

  10. Hyoid • Hyoid

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