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Axial Skeleton. Axial Skeleton. The axial skeleton has three major components Skull Vertebral Column Bony Thorax. Skull. When studying the skull it is best to break it up into 3 categories Cranium Facial Bones Hyoid Bone. Cranium. The cranium is composed of 8 major bones
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Axial Skeleton • The axial skeleton has three major components • Skull • Vertebral Column • Bony Thorax
Skull • When studying the skull it is best to break it up into 3 categories • Cranium • Facial Bones • Hyoid Bone
Cranium • The cranium is composed of 8 major bones • They are all single bones except for 2 which are paired bones (a left and a right)
Skull • Frontal Bone • Parietal Bones (Left and Right) • Temporal Bones (Left and Right)
Skull • Occipital • Sphenoid • Ethmoid
Facial Bones • There are 14 facial bones • 12 of them are paired (Left and Right) • 2 of them are single bones
Facial Bones • Maxillae (Maxillary bones) • Palatine Bones • Zygomatic Bones • Lacrimal Bones
Facial Bones • Nasal Bones • Vomer • Inferior Conchae • Mandible
Hyoid • Hyoid