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axial skeleton
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Axial skeleton
The
axial skeleton
is the part of the
skeleton
that consists of the
bones
of the
head
and
trunk
of a
vertebrate
. In the
human skeleton
, it consists of 80 bones and is composed of six parts; the
skull
bones, the
ossicles
of the
middle ear
, the
hyoid bone
, the
rib cage
,
sternum
and the
vertebral column
. The axial skeleton together with the
appendicular skeleton
form the complete skeleton. Another definition of axial skeleton is the bones including the vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, ribs, and sternum.
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