ANSC 2340 Study Guide - Final Guide: Central Nervous System, Zygomatic Arch, Temporomandibular Joint

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Most complex part of skeleton, 37-38 separate bones (many bones accommodate growth instead of just one) 1 exception: mandible (lower jaw is the only moveable bone) only found in skull jagged, immovable fibrous interlocking joints strips of fibrous tissue that outline and unite the margins of bone. *important to young animals = allows skull growth via individual extension of bones. Made up of connective tissue and cartilage. Orbits (boney socket that protects the eyes: act as pathways for . Facial - site of most differences between species. Functions of the skull houses the brain houses sensory organs forms passages for respiratory and digestive tract. Inter-parietal (2 small bones btw occipital and parietal bones) (**only in horse, cat, & dog: *not well developed in farm animals (not very prominent in cattle, *well developed in humans, dog and cat (don"t worry about parietal bones) Frontal bones (forehead, cornea process, frontal/paranasal sinus) Large hole where spinal cord emerges from skull.