Axial Skeleton

Question 1

axial skeleton

Answer 1

skull, jaw, vertebrae, the thorax, rib cage & hyoid bone

Question 2

Skull bones

Answer 2

28

Question 3

Cranium

Answer 3

8

Question 4

Facial Bones

Answer 4

14

Question 5

Hyoid Bone

Answer 5

free-floating bone shaped like a horseshoe, supported by ligaments from the skull and muscles of tongue and the mandible

Question 6

Vertebral Column

Answer 6

different sections and number of vertebra they contain are: 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 fused in the sacrum and 2-4 lightly fused in the coccyx

Question 7

Thorax

Answer 7

includes rib cage and the sternum
fuctions in breathing and to protect the lungs and the heart

highly mobile and 12 ribs attach to vertebrae in the back and sternum in the front

Question 8

Atlas

Answer 8

first vertebra of the cervical spine

only vertebrae that can move independently from the rest of the spine

Question 9

Axis

Answer 9

second cervical where skull and atlas pivot together around