Your axial skeleton is made up of the bones along your vertical axis. Axial comes from the word “axis,” which means line. The bones line up along the central core of your body.
axial adjective (IN THE BODY)
anatomy. relating to an imaginary line through the centre of the body. anatomy. relating to the axis (= the second of the small bones in the neck that form the spine and support the skull) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Axial (a.k.a. transverse) plane refers to a horizontally-oriented plane which, when passes through the body in its anatomical position, divides it into upper and lower parts. The axial plane is intersected at right angles by the vertically-oriented coronal (side-to-side) and sagittal (antero-posterior) planes.
a. : situated around, in the direction of, on, or along an axis. b. : extending in a direction essentially perpendicular to the plane of a cyclic structure (as of cyclohexane) axial hydrogens.
meanings of axial and direction
relating to or around a real or imaginary straight line going through the centre of an object that is spinning, or a line that divides a symmetrical shape into two ... See more at axial. direction. uk. /daɪˈrek.ʃən/us.
Your axial skeleton is made up of the bones in your head, neck, back and chest. Your appendicular skeleton is made up of everything else — the bones that attach (append) to your axial skeleton.
Intra-axial is a term that denotes lesions that are within the brain parenchyma, in contrast to extra-axial, which describes lesions outside the brain, and intraventricular, which denotes lesions within the ventricular system.
The axial line is the line between two adjacent dermatomes that are not represented by immediately adjacent spinal levels. Although dermatomes are shown to be discrete segments on dermatomal maps (like in the image opposite), they are in fact not; adjacent dermatomes overlap with one another.
The axial organ, a complex and elongated mass of tissue found in all echinoderms except holothurians, represents the common junction of the perivisceral coelom, the water-vascular system, and the hemal system.
The femur is a part of the appendicular skeleton. The femur is the large bone in your thigh, or upper leg. Since this bone is part of your appendages, your leg, it is considered part of the appendicular skeleton. Other bones in your legs are also part of the appendicular skeleton.
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