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The axial skeleton (exercises 8 and 9)

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How many true ribs?   1-7  
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False Ribs consist of how many?   8-12= 5  
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what ribs are floating ribs?   11 and 12  
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what does the thoracic cage consist of?   bony thorax, which is composed of the sternum, ribs, and thoracic vertebrae  
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how many pairs of ribs?   12  
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Hyaline   most skeletal cartilage is composed of Hyaline Cartilage  
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Elastic   Ear and epiglottis  
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Fibro   can withstand heavy compression used to construct the interverterbral dics, cartilage with the knee and pubis symphysis  
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long bone   longer than it is wide  
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examples of long bones   Femur, Phalanges....  
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Short Bones   Typically cube shaped and they contain more spongy bone  
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Short Bone Examples   Tarsal, Carpal....  
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Flat bones   generally thin, w/ two waferlike layers of compact bone sandwhiching a layer of spongy bone  
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flat bone examples   bones of the skull  
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Irregular Bones   bones that do not fall in the short, long, or flat bone category  
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Irregular Bone examples   vertebrae  
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how many bones in the adult skeleton?   206  
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What are sesamoid bones?   special types of SHORT BONES formed in tendons  
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Example of Sesamoid bones   Patellas ..... still included in the 206 count of bones (Kneecaps)  
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Sutural Bones   tiny bones between the cranial bones  
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