Axial skeleton, think of an invisible y-axis on the body. It's around the torso, and it does not include the pelvic gridle, head or scapula as these are the starting points for the Appendicular Skeleton.
Appendicular: appendages. It contains appendages in the body as well as their points of attachment (pelvic girdle, scapula, etc.)
Axial skeleton - forms the longitudinal axis of the body, it has 80 bones, roughly 40% of the bones in the human body.components of the axial skeleton :-the skull (8 cranial bones and 14 facial bones)-bone assoicated with the skill (6 auditory ossicles and the hyoid bone)-the thoracic cage (the sternum and 24 ribs)-the vertebral column (24 vertebrae, the sacrum, and the coccyx)appendicular skeleton - consistes 126 bones, include the bones of the limbs and the pectoral and pelvic girdles that attach the limbs to the trunk.axial skeleton protects body organs like skull protects the brain and ribcage protects heartappendicular skeleton helps in movement like shoulder girdles
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