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axial skeleton

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206 bones   80-axial 126-appendicular  
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parietal   (2) form superior and lateral parts of the skull  
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coronal suture   runs in the coronal plane  
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squamous suture   each parietal bone meets a temporal bone inferiorly  
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sagittal suture   where right and left parietal bones meet superiorly  
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lambdoid suture   parietal bone meet the occipital bone posteriorly  
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temporal bones   (2) lie inferior to the parietal bones  
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squamosal region   plate shaped region that abuts the squamous suture  
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zygomatic process   bar like projection that projects anteriorly to meet the zygomatic bone  
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tympanic region   surrouns the external auditory meatus  
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external auditory meatus   external ear canal where sound enters  
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styloid process   projects inferiorly from the tympanic region  
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mastoid region   breast shaped region located posterior to the tympanic region  
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mastoid process   projection located in the mastoid region  
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mastoid air cells   air sinuses which lie just posterior to middle ear cavity  
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petrous region   projects medially and contributes to cranial base  
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carotid canal   internal carotid artery passes through this opening  
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jugular foreman   internal jugular vein passes through this opening  
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frontal bone   forms forehead and roofs the orbits  
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supraorbital margin   su[erior margin of each orbit  
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superciliary arches   lies deep to our eyebrows  
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glabella   smooth part of frontal bone between the superciliary arches  
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frontal eminences   2 rounded prominences one on each side of frontal bone  
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frontal sinuses   lateral to glabella, contains air-filled sinuses  
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occipital condyles   articulate with first vertebra and enable us to nod our heads 'yes'  
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foramen magnum   inferior part of brain connects with spinal cord  
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external occipital protuberance   external surface of occipital bone  
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sella turcica   saddle-shaped prominence on superior surface of body  
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sphenoidal sinuses   with in the sphenoid body are the paired sinuses  
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ethmoid bone   lies between nasal and sphenoid bones  
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cribriform plate   superior surface of the ethmoid bone  
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perpendicular plate   inferiorly in the median plane  
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ethmoid sinuses   part of the paranasal sinuses  
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superior and middle nasal conchae   medially from the lateral masses and protrude into nasal cavity  
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ear ossicles   bones of the ear  
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malleus   hammer  
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incus   anvil  
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stapes   sturrup of saddle  
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mandible   lower jaw bone  
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horizontal body of the mandible   2 upright rami  
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mandibular angle   angle formed by function of inferior edge of body and the posterior edge of ramus  
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alveolar process   superior border or body of the mandible  
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mental protuberance   tip of chin  
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maxillary sinuses   largest paranasal sinuses  
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alveolar process (inferior)   inferior margin of the maxillary bones; the tooth sockets, called alveoli, open into this margin  
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palatine process   projects medially from the alveolar process to form the anterior region of the hard palate  
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zygomatic bones   form lateral walls of orbits  
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nasal bones   form bridge of nose  
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lacrimal bones   losdcated in the medial orbital walls  
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palatine bones   complete the posterior part of the hard palate  
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vomer   forms the inferior part of the nasal septum  
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inferior nasal conchae   thin, curved bones that project medially to form the lateral walls of nasal cavity  
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hyoid bone   has no direct articulation with any other bone  
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cervical vertebrae   7 of the neck region; C1-C7; concave  
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thoracic vertebrae   12 of thoracic; T1-T12; convex  
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lumbar vertebrae   5 in lower back; L1-L5; concave  
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sacrum   inferior to lumbar and superior tot he coccyx (articulate with hips)  
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coccyx   most inferior region of the vertebral column  
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4 curvatures   give vertebral column an S-shaped and increase the resilience of the spine  
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manubrium   superior section articulates with medial ends of clavicles  
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xiphoid process   inferior end of sternum  
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true ribs   (1-7) attach to sternum by costal cartilage  
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false ribs   (8-12) attach indirectly to sternum  
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floating ribs   (11-12)Do Not Attach to sternum  
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