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Skeletal System
bones and such
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
09/30/2008

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Term
Axial skeleton
Definition

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

 

[image] Spheniod bone of the skull

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