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Gross Anatomy Exam 1
Axial Skeleton
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Biology
Graduate
08/19/2009
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Main function of axial skeleton:
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1. Form a framework that supports and protects the organs

*Houses the special sense organs: hearing, balance, taste, smell, and vision

2. site of attachment for skeletal muscle

3. spongy bone of axial skeleton contains hemopoietic tissue- RBC formation
Term
What categories of bones does the skull contain?
 Definition
cranial and facial
Term
Number of bones in the cranium:
 Definition
8 bones in the cranium
Term
Bones that make up the cranium:
 Definition

1. unpaird ethmoid

2. frontal

3. occipital

4. sphenoid

5&6. (2) parietal

7&8. (2) temporal bones
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