The average adult
human skeleton consists of the following 206
bones.
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):
In the feet (52):
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