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| What forms the longitudinal axis of the body and has 80 bones? |
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| How many auditory ossicles and hyoid bones does the axial skeleton have? |
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| bones of arms and legs and attachments |
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| subdivides the nasal cavity |
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| air filled chambers that make bones lighter and contain mucous membranes that moisten and clean the air |
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| articulations (where 2 bones interconnect) |
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| immovable joints where bones are tied together with dense fibrous connective tissue (skull) |
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| extra bones formed where the bones of the skull grew together |
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| Where are the auditory ossicles (three smallest bones in the body) located? |
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| What is the tympanic cavity? |
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| What transfer sound vibrations from the tympanic membrane (eardrum) to the inner ear? |
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| What is the scientific term for smell? |
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| What is one type of cleft palate? |
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| the maxillary bones fail to meet along the midline of the hard palate |
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| What is the only bone that does not articulate with another bone? |
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| What does the hyoid bone do? |
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| supports the larynx and is the attachment site for muscles of the larynx, pharynx, and tongue |
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| grinding of teeth during sleep |
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| bony recesses that contain the eyes |
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| What consists of 26 bones? |
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| 7 cervical vertebrae (neck) |
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| 12 thoracic vertebrae (lower back) |
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| The bodies of adjacent vertebrae are interconnected by what? |
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| The bodies of adjacent vertebrae are separated by pads of fibrocartilage called what? |
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| How many pairs of ribs does everyone have? |
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| Which ribs are true or vertebrosternal ribs that attach directly to the sternum by costal cartilage? |
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| Which ribs do not attach directly to the sternum (breastbone) but to the cartilage of the ribs above (false ribs) |
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| Which ribs are floating ribs that have no connection to the sternum (only to vertebrae)? |
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| What is the top of the sternum? |
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| broad, triangular manubrium |
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| What is the smallest part of the sternum? |
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