ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The five parts of your axial skeleton include the bones in your skull, ossicles (small bones) of your middle ear, hyoid bone of your neck, vertebra (bones of your spine) and thoracic cage (ribcage).

Detailed explanation-2: -The axial skeleton forms the vertical axis of the body and includes the bones of the head, neck, back, and chest of the body. It consists of 80 bones that include the skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage. The appendicular skeleton consists of 126 bones and includes all bones of the upper and lower limbs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hip bone does not belong to the axial skeleton.

Detailed explanation-4: -The skeleton is subdivided into two major divisions-the axial and appendicular. The axial skeleton forms the vertical, central axis of the body and includes all bones of the head, neck, chest, and back (Figure 7.2).

Detailed explanation-5: -The pectoral girdle, consisting of the clavicle and the scapula, attaches each upper limb to the axial skeleton.