1. Axial Skeleton

2. Axial Skeleton • The axial skeleton has three major components • Skull • Vertebral Column • Bony Thorax

3. Skull • When studying the skull it is best to break it up into 3 categories • Cranium • Facial Bones • Hyoid Bone

4. Cranium • The cranium is composed of 8 major bones • They are all single bones except for 2 which are paired bones (a left and a right)

5. Skull • Frontal Bone • Parietal Bones (Left and Right) • Temporal Bones (Left and Right)

6. Skull • Occipital • Sphenoid • Ethmoid

7. Facial Bones • There are 14 facial bones • 12 of them are paired (Left and Right) • 2 of them are single bones

8. Facial Bones • Maxillae (Maxillary bones) • Palatine Bones • Zygomatic Bones • Lacrimal Bones

9. Facial Bones • Nasal Bones • Vomer • Inferior Conchae • Mandible

10. Hyoid • Hyoid