Axial Skeleton: Skeletal Components
| The vertebral column (with occipital, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal regions), ribs, and sternum comprise the axial skeleton. These structures are all segmented, unlike dermal bone structures. [A] | ||
| Cervical Vertebrae |
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| Thoracic Vertebrae | ||
| Lumbar Vertebrae | ||
| Sacral Vertebrae (fused in human) | ||
| Coccyx | ||
| Ribs |
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| Sternum |
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