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Axial Skeleton
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Composed of the bones along the central axis of the body, which is commonly divided into 3 regions: the skull, the vertebral column, and the thoracic cage.
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What 3 regions is the axial skeleton commonly divided into?
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The skull, the vertebral column, and the thoracic cage.
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Foramen
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means "hole" or "passageway"; rounded passageway through bone.
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Fossa
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Flattened or shallow depression.
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Margin
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Forms a ridge
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Process
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Attachment site.
Any marked bony prominence |
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Protuberance
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Swelling or knoblike outgrowth
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Condyle
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Large, smooth rounded articulating oval structure
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Fissure:
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narrow, slit-like opening through a bone
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Canal
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Passageway through a bone
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Suture
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immovable joints that form boundaires between skull bones
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Notch:
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indented articular marking
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