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The part of the skeleton which consists of the skull, vertebrae, sternum and ribs is called the ..........

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The axial skeleton is the part of the skeleton that consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate. In the human skeleton, it consists of 80 bones and is composed of six parts; skull, ossicles, hyoid, rib cage, sternum, vertebral column.
So, the correct answer is 'Axial skeleton'.

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