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Skeletal System
bones and such
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Anatomy
09/30/2008
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Axial skeleton
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the trunk of the body, including the head, spine, and ribs (in white)
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Appendicular skeleton
 Definition

the parts of the skeleton connected to the axial skeleton (in red)
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Flat bone
 Definition

thin with two waferlike layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone

 
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Irregular bone
 Definition

any bone not falling into any other bone category

 

Spheniod bone of the skull
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