External maxillary artery; Supplies blood to the lower region of the face, mouth and nose
Bones of the Axial Skeleton. The Axial Skeleton is the central core of the human body housing and protecting itâs vital organs. The axial skeleton consists of 80 bones: 29 bones in the head - (8 cranial and 14 facial bones) and then also 7 accociated bones (6 auditory ossicles and the Hyoid Bone) 25 bones of the thorax - (the sternum and 24 ribs)
(comparative more axial, superlative most axial). 1  Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis. 2  Belonging to the axis of the body; as, the axial skeleton; or to the axis of any appendage or organ; as, the axial bones.