Introduction to Axial Skeleton

Introduction to Axial Skeleton

This text provides a brief introduction to divisions of the skeletal system; the skull; the vertebral column; the thoracic cage; and embryonic development of the axial skeleton.

Topics

  • alveolar process of the mandible
  • alveolar process of the maxilla
  • angle of the mandible
  • angle of the rib
  • anterior (ventral) sacral foramen
  • anterior arch
  • anterior cranial fossa
  • anterior longitudinal ligament
  • anulus fibrosus
  • appendicular skeleton
  • articular tubercle
  • atlas
  • axial skeleton
  • axis
  • body of the rib
  • brain case
  • calvaria
  • carotid canal
  • cervical curve
  • cervical
  • vertebrae
  • clavicular notch
  • coccyx
  • condylar process of the mandible
  • condyle
  • coronal suture
  • coronoid process of the mandible
  • costal cartilage
  • costal facet
  • costal groove
  • cranial cavity
  • cranium
  • cribriform plate
  • crista galli
  • dens
  • ear ossicles
  • ethmoid air cell
  • ethmoid bone
  • external acoustic meatus
  • external occipital protuberance
  • facet
  • facial bones
  • false ribs
  • floating ribs
  • fontanelle
  • foramen lacerum
  • foramen magnum
  • foramen ovale of the middle cranial fossa
  • foramen rotundum
  • foramen spinosum
  • frontal bone
  • frontal sinus
  • glabella
  • greater wings of sphenoid bone
  • hard palate
  • head of the rib
  • horizontal plate
  • hyoid bone
  • hypoglossal canal
  • hypophyseal (pituitary) fossa
  • inferior articular process
  • inferior nasal
  • concha
  • infraorbital foramen
  • infratemporal fossa
  • internal acoustic meatus
  • intervertebral dis
  • intervertebral foramen
  • jugular (suprasternal) notch
  • jugular foramen
  • kyphosis
  • lacrimal bone
  • lacrimal fossa
  • lambdoid suture
  • lamina
  • lateral pterygoid plate
  • lateral sacral crest
  • lesser wings of the sphenoid bone
  • ligamentum flavum
  • lingual
  • lordosis
  • lumbar curve
  • lumbar
  • mandible
  • mandibular foramen
  • mandibular fossa
  • mandibular notch
  • manubrium
  • mastoid process
  • maxillary bone
  • maxillary sinus
  • medial pterygoid plate
  • median sacral crest
  • mental
  • foramen
  • mental protuberance
  • middle cranial fossa
  • middle nasal concha
  • mylohyoid line
  • nasal bone
  • nasal cavity
  • nasal conchae
  • nasal septum
  • nasolacrimal canal
  • neck of the rib
  • notochord
  • nuchal ligament
  • nucleus pulposus
  • occipital bone
  • occipital condyle
  • optic canal
  • orbit
  • palatine bone
  • palatine process
  • paranasal sinuses
  • parietal bone
  • pedicle
  • perpendicular
  • plate of the ethmoid bone
  • petrous ridge
  • posterior (dorsal) sacral foramen
  • posterior arch
  • posterior cranial fossa
  • posterior longitudinal ligament
  • primary curve
  • pterion
  • ramus of the mandible
  • ribs
  • sacral canal
  • sacral foramina
  • sacral hiatus
  • sacral promontory
  • sacrococcygeal curve
  • sacrum
  • sagittal suture
  • sclerotome
  • scoliosis
  • secondary curve
  • sella
  • turcica
  • septal cartilage
  • skeleton
  • skull
  • somite
  • sphenoid bone
  • sphenoid sinus
  • spinous process
  • squamous suture
  • sternal angle
  • sternum
  • styloid process
  • stylomastoid foramen
  • superior
  • articular process
  • superior articular process of the sacrum
  • superior nasal concha
  • superior nuchal line
  • superior orbital fissure
  • supraorbital foramen
  • upraorbital margin
  • supraspinous
  • ligament
  • suture
  • temporal bone
  • temporal fossa
  • temporal process of the zygomatic bone
  • thoracic cage
  • thoracic curve
  • thoracic vertebrae
  • transverse foramen
  • transverse process
  • true ribs
  • tubercle of the rib
  • vertebra
  • vertebral (spinal) canal
  • vertebral arch
  • vertebral column
  • vertebral foramen
  • vomer bone
  • xiphoid process
  • zygomatic arch
  • zygomatic bone
  • zygomatic process of the temporal bone
  • facial bone
  • intervertebral disc
  • embryonic development
  • paranasal sinus
  • osteoporosis
  • ear ossicle
  • skeletal system division
  • craniosynostosis
  • mesenchyme cell
  • newborn skull
  • scaphocephaly
  • skull development
  • thoracic cage development
  • vertebral column development
  • abnormal curvature
  • alveolar process of mandible
  • alveolar process of maxilla