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What does the skull and vertebrae protect?
The central nervous system: the brain and spinal cord.
Examples of bones for axial skeleton?
Your skull, vertebrae, sacrum and coccyx make up your axial skeleton.
What bones protect the nervous system?
The small bones that protect the nerve cord are the vertebrae.
How is the skull supported?
it is supported by your vertebrae in your back
What is the bone connecting the skull with the hipbone?
Vertebrae.
What does the backbone surround and protect in a vertebrae?
The Spinal Cord.
What did axial skeleton contain?
Skull;(cranium and mandible), vertebrae, sternum
What bone does the spine attach?
the skull, pelvis, ribs, and scapula
Does vertebrae protect the cerebellum?
No, The cerebellum is protected by the skull along with most of the rest of the brain. The vertebrae serve to protect the spinal cord.
What are the make up the skeletal system?
The skeletal system includes the axial skeleton (Skull, Vertebrae, Sternum, Ribcage), and the appendicular skeleton (all else, including the arms, the legs, the pelvis, the shoulders, the fingers, and the toes.)
What vertebrae attaches the skull to the vertebral column?
the two vertebra that attach the skull to the spine are the axis and atlas also referred to as C1 and C2
What is the c5 vertebrae?
It is the 5th cervical vertabrae down from the base of the skull...found in the neck.
