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
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