Axial Skeleton & Appendicular Skeleton Flashcards
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What is the Axial Skeleton?
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Central, vertical axis of the body, including the skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage
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What is the Appendicular Skeleton?
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All bones of the upper and lower limbs, plus the girdle bones that attach each limb to the axial skeleton
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What bones make up the Axial Skeleton?
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Skull and Mandible: 8 Cranial & 14 Facial Ear Ossicles: 3 each ear Hyoid bone: 1 Sternum: 1 Ribs and Costal Cartilages: 12 each side Vertebral column: 24 Sacrum: 1 Coccyx: 1 Total: 80
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What bones make up the Upper Appendicular Skeleton?
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64 bones of two upper limbs Pectoral Girdle: 2 Clavicle and 2 Scapula Humerus: 2 Ulna: 2 Radius: 2 Carpals: 16 Metacarpals: 10 Phalanges: 28
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What bones make up the Lower Appendicular Skeleton?
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62 bones of two lower limbs Pelvis (Ilium, Ischium and Pubis): 2 Femur: 2 Patella: 2 Tibia: 2 Fibula: 2 Tarsals: 14 Metatarsals: 10 Phalanges: 28
