skeletal system
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| appendicular skeletal | Composed of 126 bones, are attached to the axis as appendages, consists of the shoulder and pelvic girdles, and the upper and lower extremities |
| axial skeletal | Composed of 80 bones that form the upright part of the body (examples include hyoid, the skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum) |
| carpals | bones of the wrist |
| clavicles | slender, doubly curved long bones lying across the superior thorax |
| cranium | the part of the skull that encloses the brain |
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