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Image: Human skull side simplified (bones)

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Description: the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures, semi-rigid articulations formed by bony ossification, the presence of Sharpey's fibres permitting a little flexibility
Title: Human skull side simplified (bones)
Credit: made it myself
Author: LadyofHats Mariana Ruiz Villarreal
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