What Makes Up the Axial Skeleton

question 15

Multiple Choice

What makes up the axial skeleton?

• A)shoulder and pelvic girdles
• B)arms,legs,hands,and feet
• C)the skull,vertebral column,and rib cage
• D)the skull,vertebral column,and pelvis

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Definitions:

Founder Cell

A cell from which a particular cell lineage is derived.

Caenorhabditis Development

The study of the developmental biology of Caenorhabditis species, such as the model organism C. elegans, including stages from the fertilized egg to the adult.

Mosaic Development

A developmental pattern marked by the autonomous development of parts of an organism, such that the fate of each cell is determined early and independently of other cells.

Founder Cells

Cells that originate a population or tissue and possess the genetic information and proliferative ability to sustain the population.