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A typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones, though a small portion of the human population have an extra bone, occurring in the form of an extra rib. (Numbers in bold refer to the diagram at right.)
In the skull (22):
- Cranial bones:
- 1. frontal bone
- 2. parietal bone (2)
- 3. temporal bone (2)
- 4. occipital bone
- sphenoid bone (2)
- ethmoid bone
- Facial bones:
- 5. zygomatic bone (2)
- 6. superior and inferior maxilla
- 9. nasal bone (2)
- 7. mandible
- palatine bone (2)
- lacrimal bone (2)
- vomer bone
- inferior nasal conchae (2)
- 8. cervical vertebrae (7) incl. atlas & axis
- 14. lumbar vertebrae (5)
- thoracic vertebrae (12)
- Wrist (carpal) bones:
- scaphoid bone (2)
- lunate bone (2)
- triquetrum bone (2)
- pisiform bone (2)
- Trapezium (bone) (2)
- trapezoid bone (2)
- capitate bone (2)
- hamate bone (2)
- Palm or metacarpal bones:
- metacarpal bones (5 × 2)
- Finger bones or phalanges:
- proximal phalanges (5 × 2)
- intermediate phalanges (4 × 2)
- distal phalanges (5 × 2)
- 18. femur (2)
- 17. hip joint (joint, not bone) (2)
- 22. greater trochanter of femur
- 23. condyles of femur
- 19. patella (2)
- 20. tibia (2)
- 21. fibula (2)
- Ankle (tarsal) bones:
- calcaneus (heel bone) (2)
- talus (2)
- navicular bone (2)
- medial cuneiform bone (2)
- intermediate cuneiform bone (2)
- lateral cuneiform bone (2)
- cuboidal bone (2)
- Instep bones:
- metatarsal bone (5 × 2)
- Toe bones:
- proximal phalanges (5 × 2)
- intermediate phalanges (4 × 2)
- distal phalanges (5 × 2)
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
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