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)
The entire skeletal system can be divided into two parts, axial and appendicular. There are, in total, 300 bones in a newborn, but some of them fuse together and finally, there are, in total, 206 bones left in an adult. The axial axis There are 80 bones in the axial part of the skeletal system. The axial axis consists of cranial bones facial bones ear ossicles hyoid bone vertebrae ribcage sternum The appendicular axis The remaining 126 bones belong to this category.