1attached to neck muscles
mastoid process
2ear canal
external auditory meatus
3canal between the nasal cavity and eye, conducts tears
nasolacrimal canal
4attachment site for tongue
styloid process
5depression where lower jaw and skull meet
mandibular fossa
6where humerus meets scapula
glenoid fossa
7roof of mouth
hard palate
8hole where spinal cord joins brainstem
foramen magnum
12vertebral column
7 cervical vertebra
12 thoracic vertebra
5 lumbar vertebra
1 sacrum
1 coccyx
131st vertebra, holds head, and has no body
atlas
142nd vertebra, rotates head
axis
15functions of the vertebral column (SPM)
support
protect spinal cord
movement
16protects vital organs and has 12 pair of ribs
thoracic cage
18attach directly to sternum by cartilage
true ribs
19attach indirectly to sternum by cartilage
false ribs
20not attached to sternum
floating ribs