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1
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axial skeleton

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skull, jaw, vertebrae, the thorax, rib cage & hyoid bone

2
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Skull bones

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28

3
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Cranium

A

8

4
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Facial Bones

A

14

5
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Hyoid Bone

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free-floating bone shaped like a horseshoe, supported by ligaments from the skull and muscles of tongue and the mandible

6
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Vertebral Column

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different sections and number of vertebra they contain are: 7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 fused in the sacrum and 2-4 lightly fused in the coccyx

7
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Thorax

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includes rib cage and the sternum
fuctions in breathing and to protect the lungs and the heart

highly mobile and 12 ribs attach to vertebrae in the back and sternum in the front

8
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Atlas

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first vertebra of the cervical spine

only vertebrae that can move independently from the rest of the spine

9
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Axis

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second cervical where skull and atlas pivot together around