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Connective Tissue
Fibrous tissue that binds together, protects, and supports various body parts. Ex: bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, blood, lymph, and adipose
Epithelial Tissue
Protective covering on body surfaces. Ex: skin, tissue inside mouth, lining of heart, and mucous membranes
Contracts and moves various parts of the body
Muscle tissue
Carries messages to and from the brain, controls and coordinates all bodily functions, made up of neurons
Nerve tissue
How many bones in body?
206
The skull is divided into _ parts
2
Parts that make up the skull
Cranium and facial skeleton
An oval, bony case that protects the brain
Cranium
The framework of the face that is composed of 14 bones
Facial skeleton
How many bones in cranium?
8
Hindmost bone of the skull, below parietal bones, forms the back of the skull above the nape
Occipital bone
Bones that form the sides and top of the cranium
Parietal bones
Bone that forms the forehead
Frontal bone
Bones that form the sides of the head in the ear region, two of these bones
Temporal bones
Light spongy bone between the eye sockets; forms part of the nasal cavities
Ethmoid bone
Bone that joins all of the bones of the cranium together
Sphenoid bone
Bones that form the bridge of the nose, two of these bones
Nasal bones
Small, thin bones located at the front inner wall of the orbits, two of these bones
Lacriminal bones
Aka malar bones or cheekbones, bones that form the prominence of the cheeks, two of these bones
Zygomatic bones
Bones of the upper jaw
Maxillae
Lower jawbone, largest and strongest bone of the face
Mandible
U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue+ it’s muscles, one and only bone of throat
Hyoid bone
The seven bones of the top vertebral column, located in neck region
Cervical vertebrae
Aka chest/ pulmonary trunk, consists of the sternum, ribs, and thoracic vertebrae, elastic, bony cage used as framework for the heart, lungs, and internal organs
Thorax
Twelve pairs of bones forming the wall of the thorax
Ribs
