Your appendages (your arms and legs) are attached to your trunk by the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle.  What bones make up the pectoral girdle?  Which of these is attached to the axial skeleton and where is it/are they attached?

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Your appendages (your arms and legs) are attached to your trunk by the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle.  What bones make up the pectoral girdle?  Which of these is attached to the axial skeleton and where is it/are they attached? 

What is the pelvic griddle?

 

What bones are in the griddle and how are they arranged and connected?

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The vertical axis of the body is formed by the bones of the axial skeleton. Its formed by the bones of head, vertebral column, ribs and sternum. The free appendages and their attachments to the axial skeleton compose the appendicular skeleton. 

The upper limb is attached to the axial skeleton with the bones called as pectoral or shoulder girdle. 

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