List of bones of the human skeleton

List of bones of the human skeleton

The average adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones.

In the skull (22):

Cranial bones:
Facial bones:
- mandible
- maxilla (2)
- palatine bone[?] (2)
- zygomatic bone[?] (2)
- nasal bone[?] (2)
- lacrimal bone[?] (2)
- vomer bone[?]
- inferior nasal conchae[?] (2)

In the middle ears (6):

malleus (2)
incus (2)
stapes (2)

In the throat (1):

hyoid bone

In the shoulder[?] girdle (4):

scapula or shoulder blade (2)
clavicle or collarbone (2)

In the thorax[?] (25):

sternum[?]
ribs (2 x 12)

In the vertebral column (24):

cervical vertebrae[?] (7) incl. atlas & axis
thoracic vertebrae[?] (12)
lumbar vertebrae[?] (5)

In the arms (6):

humerus (2)
radius (2)
ulna (2)

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):

coccyx
sacrum
ossa coxae (hip bones or innominate bones) (2)

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:

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