THE AXIAL SKELETON

134 - Khaliun Myagmar

What is the Axial Skeleton?
*The human body has 206 bones
*The number changes depending on age:
270 bones at birth
Some bones fuse with age
*The skeleton is divided into two regions:
Axial skeleton - forms the central supporting axis of the body
Appendicular skeleton – forms the rest
Bones of the axial skeleton - 80
• Skull – 22
• Auditory ossicles – 6
• Hyoid bone – 1
• Vertebral column – 26
• Thoracic cage - 25
Skull - 22
• Cranial bones: • Facial bones:
Frontal bone – 1 Maxillae - 2
Parietal bones – 2 Palatine bones – 2
Occipital bone – 1 Zygomatic bones – 2
Temporal bones – 2 Lacrimal bones – 2
Sphenoid bone – 1 Nasal bones – 2
Ethmoid bone – 1 Vomer – 1
Inferior nasal conchae – 2
Mandible – 1
Auditory ossicles - 6 Hyoid bone - 1
• Malleus – 2 • Hyoid bone – 1
• Incus – 2
• Stapes – 2
Vertebral column - 26
• Cervical vertebrae – 7
• Thoracic vertebrae – 12
• Lumbar vertebrae – 5
• Sacrum – 1
• Coccyx – 1
Thoracic cage - 25

• Ribs – 24
• Sternum – 1
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