Wikipedia: List of bones of the human skeleton

List of bones of the human skeleton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

A normal adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones.

In the skull (22):

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:
- scaphoid bone (2)
- lunate bone (2)
- triquetral bone (2)
- pisiform bone (2)
- trapezium (2)
- trapezoid bone (2)
- capitate bone (2)
- hamate bone (2)
Palm or metacarpal bones:
- metacarpal bones (5 x 2)
Finger bones or phalanges:
- proximal phalanges (5 x 2)
- intermediate phalanges (4 x 2)
- distal phalanges (5 x 2)

In the pelvis (4):

In the legs (8):

In the feet (52):

Ankle (tarsal) bones:
- calcaneus (heel bone) (2)
- talus (2)
- navicular bone (2)
- medial cuneiform bone (2)
- intermediate cuneiform bone (2)
- lateral cuneiform bone (2)
- cuboid bone (2)
Instep bones:
- metatarsal bone (5 x 2)
Toe bones:
- proximal phalanges (5 x 2)
- intermediate phalanges (4 x 2)
- distal phalanges (5 x 2)

The infant skeleton has the following bones in addition to those above: