The __________ consists of skull bones, a vertebral column (backbone), and a rib cage.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


axial skeleton

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If cell X enters meiosis, and nondisjunction of one chromosome occurs in one of its daughter cells during meiosis II, what will be the result at the completion of meiosis?

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