Bones in human body?

[Brian Kwong]

In <g88d4938.1.738521480 at warthog.ru.ac.za> g88d4938 at warthog.ru.ac.za (MR GE DOYLE) writes:

> Would any of you know how many bones there are in the human body? 
> Specifically in the following regions: skull, legs, arms, thorax(rest)?

Varying somewhat with age and with the individual, there are usually
recognized to be 206 bones in the complete skeleton.  They are divided
between axial and appendicular skeleton in accordance with the following
distribution:

Axial Skeleton
	Skull and Hyoid		29
	Vertebrae		26
	Ribs and Sternum	25
				--
				80

Appendicular Skeleton
	Upper Limbs		64
	Lower Limbs		62
				--
				126

Total				206


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