the human skeleton

the human skeleton photographic atlas of human skeletal anatomy

For organisational purposes, the bones of the human skeleton can be divided into two categories, cranial and postcranial. Each of these categories are further divided into groups for a total of 206 bones. Select the region, bone or click on the image-map to see more:

Region		Bone
Skull	Paired	parietal temporal malleus incus stapes maxilla palatine inferior nasal conchae lacrimal nasal zygomatic	22
Skull	Single	frontal occipital vomer ethmoid sphenoid mandible hyoid	7
Shoulder girdle	paired	clavicle scapula	4
Vertebral column	single	cervical vertebrae = 7 thoracic vertebrae = 12 lumbar vertebrae = 5	24
Thorax	paired	ribs	24
Thorax	single	sternum	1
Pelvic girdle	paired	os coxae	2
Pelvic girdle	single	sacrum coccyx	2
Arm	paired	humerus radius ulna	6
Hand and Wrist	paired	scaphoid lunate triquetral pisiform trapezium trapezoid capitate hamate metacarpal * 10 proximal phalanx * 10 intermediate phalanx * 8 distal phalanx * 10	54
Leg	paired	femur patella tibia fibula	8
Foot and Ankle	paired	talus calcaneus cuboid navicular medial cuneiform intermediate cuneiform lateral cuneiform metatarsal * 10 proximal phalanx * 10 intermediate phalanx * 8 distal phalanx * 10	52
		Total	206