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Axial skeleton structure

Known as: Axial Skeleton, Skeleton axiale 
The part of the skeleton that includes the skull and spinal column and sternum and ribs.
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Axial skeletal systemSkeletal system
Body partBone structure of ribCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

Narrower (12)

Bone structure of coccyxBone structure of craniumBone structure of lumbar vertebraBone structure of sacrum

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Lrp5 functions in bone to regulate bone mass
The human skeleton is affected by mutations in low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5). To understand how LRP5… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Osteocyte Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Is Required for Normal Bone Homeostasis
ABSTRACT β-Catenin-dependent canonical Wnt signaling plays an important role in bone metabolism by controlling differentiation of… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Hox genes and segmentation of the hindbrain and axial skeleton.
Segmentation is an important process that is frequently used during development to segregate groups of cells with distinct… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A Somitic Compartment of Tendon Progenitors
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Developmental basis of limblessness and axial patterning in snakes
The evolution of snakes involved major changes in vertebrate body plan organization, but the developmental basis of those changes… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Altered cellular proliferation and mesoderm patterning in Polycomb-M33-deficient mice.
In Drosophila, the trithorax-group and the Polycomb-group genes are necessary to maintain the expression of the homeobox genes in… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Specific and redundant functions of the paralogous Hoxa-9 and Hoxd-9 genes in forelimb and axial skeleton patterning.
Using gene targeting, we have produced mice with a disruption of Hoxa-9 or Hoxd-9, two paralogous Abdominal B-related genes… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Cartilage-derived morphogenetic proteins. New members of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily predominantly expressed in long bones during human embryonic development.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Bone turnover in postmenopausal osteoporosis. Effect of calcitonin treatment.
UNLABELLED To investigate the effectiveness of calcitonin treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in relation to bone turnover… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Differential effects of endocrine dysfunction on the axial and the appendicular skeleton.
In 100 patients with various types of endocrine dysfunction, we measured bone mineral density (BMD) at the midradius (greater… 
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