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List Of Bones Of The Human SkeletonA typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones. (Numbers in bold refer to the diagram at right.) In the skull (22): - Cranial bones:
- Facial bones:
In the middle ears (6): In the throat (1): In the shoulder girdle (4): In the thorax (25): In the vertebral column (24): In the arms (6): In the hands (54): - Wrist (carpal) bones:
- Palm or metacarpal bones:
- Finger bones or phalanges:
In the pelvis (4): In the legs (8): - 17. head and 18. shaft of femur (2)
- 22. greater trochanter of femur
- 23. condyles of femur
- 19. patella (2)
- 20. shaft and 24. tuberosity of tibia (2)
- 21. fibula (2)
In the feet (52): - Ankle (tarsal) bones:
- Instep bones:
- Toe bones:
The infant skeleton has the following bones in addition to those above: - sacral vertebrae (4 or 5), which fuse in adults to form the sacrum
- coccygeal vertebrae (3 to 5), which fuse in adults to form the coccyx
- ilium, ischium and pubis, which fuse in adults to form the pelvic girdle
Bones of the human skeleton
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