the bones that together comprise the skull and the vertebral column
axial skeleton in American English
in vertebrates, the skull, vertebral column, sternum, and ribs without the arms and legs
axial skeleton in American English
noun
Anatomy
the skeleton of the head and trunk
Word origin
[1870–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, Victorian, billing, linkage, upgrade
Examples of 'axial skeleton' in a sentence
axial skeleton
Although rare, they usually appear in the axial skeleton.
Abdulsalam Alnajjar, Asit Kumar Mohanty 2014, 'Solitary bone metastasis to the tibia from colorectal cancer- A case report', International Journal of Cancer Therapy and Oncologyhttp://ijcto.org/index.php/IJCTO/article/view/150. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Primary malignant tumors involving the axial skeleton are rare.
Subbarao 2014, 'Primary malignant tumors of the spine', Journal of Medical and Scientific Researchhttp://jmsronline.com/article.aspx?ID=Primary-malignant-tumors-of-the-spine. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
First, the axial skeleton became increasingly functionally and morphologically regionalized.
Schilling Nadja 2011, 'Evolution of the axial system in craniates: morphology and function of the perivertebralmusculature', Frontiers in Zoologyhttp://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/8/1/4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, the entire axial skeleton may be affected.
Patrick Hoffstetter, Mohammed H Al Suwaidi, Alexander Joist, Achim Benditz, MartinFleck, Christian Stroszczynski, Christian Dornia 2017, 'Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Axial Skeleton in Patients With Spondyloarthritis:Distribution Pattern of Inflammatory and Structural Lesions', Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disordershttps://doi.org/10.1177/1179544117728081. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Solitary osteochondromas rarely occur in the axial skeleton.
Khaled Hadhri, Anis Tebourbi, Mehdi Saidi, Mondher Kooli 2016, 'Solitary osteochondroma arising in lumbar spinous process: Case report', Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcicahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1017995X16302723. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It usually presents as an osteolytic lesion in the axial skeleton of an elderly patient.
Swati Singh, Vaishali Upadhyaya, Rajat Agarwal, Ratni B. Gujral 2017, 'Rare case of solitary plasmacytoma of the skull in a young male patient', South African Journal of Radiologyhttps://sajr.org.za/index.php/sajr/article/view/1133. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was no sign of any axial skeleton or central nervous system.
Samir Jabari, Roman Carbon, Manuel Besendörfer, Arndt Hartmann, Oliver Rompel, AndréHoerning, Stephan Söder 2018, 'Asymmetric Omphalopagus in a Triplet after In Vitro Fertilization: A Rare Case ofConjoined Twinning', Case Reports in Pediatricshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9349606. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)