THERE ARE 214 BONES IN THE BODY

The 214 bones in the body are :

AXIAL SKELETON =         SKULL                       =          CRANIUM = 8 BONES

                                                                                                FACE = 14 BONES

                                                CRANIUM =   2 temporal      FACE = 2 Nasal

                                                                        1 frontal                        1 Vomer       

                                                                        1 occipital                     2 Maxillai

                                                                        1 sphenoid                    1 Mandible

                                                                        1 ethmoid                      2 Zygomatic

                                                                        2 parietal                       2 Palatine

                                                                                                              2 Lacrimal

                                                                                                              2 Inferior Turbinate

                                    SPINAL VERTEBRA               =          1^st Atlas = atlanto-axia joint / cervical

                                                                                                    2^nd Axis = pivotal / cervical

7 cervical (including Atlas and Axis)

                                                                                    12 thoracic *

                                                                                    5 lumbar

                                                                                    5 sacral

                                                                                    4/5 coccyx

                                    RIBS /THORACIC CAGE     =          7 true ribs, 3 false, 2 floating*

                                    STERNUM                 =          breast bone

APPENDICULAR SKELETON =  LIMBS

                                                            SHOULDER & PELVIC GIRDLES

            Shoulder girdle =        2 clavicle                    Pelvic Girdle =            2 inomminate

                                                2 scapula

ARMS =         humerus, radius, ulna

HANDS =       8 Carpus =      capitate, hamate, trapezium, trapezoid, lunate (semilunar)

                                                Navicular, triquestral, pisiform

                        5 metacarpals

                        14 phalanges

LEGS =           femur, patella, tibia, fibula,

FEET =           7 Tarsus =       calcaneum, navicular, talus, cuboid, 3 cuneiform

                        5 metatarsals

                        14 phalanges