A normal 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)
- cervical vertebrae (7) incl. atlas & axis
- thoracic vertebrae (12)
- lumbar vertebrae (5)
- 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)
- coccyx
- sacrum
- ossa coxae (hip bones or innominate bones) (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)
- 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)
- 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