How Many Bones Are There In The Human Skull?

There are 22 bones in the human skull.

The human skeleton can be divided into the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton.

The axial skeleton has five areas and consists of 80 bones in a typical adult:

Skull (22)
Ossicles (bones of the middle ear) (6)
Hyoid bone (bone in the throat) (1)
Vertebral column (26)
Chest (25)

The appendicular skeleton has six areas and consists of 126 bones in a typical adult:

Shoulder girdle (4)
Arms (6)
Hands (54)
Pelvic girdle (2)
Legs (8)
Feet (52)

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Axial skeleton Skeleton
Skull [22]
Carnium 8
Face 14
Hyoid 1
Ears 6
Vertebral column 26
Thorax [25]
Sternum 1
Ribs 24
Appendicular skeleton
Shoulde gridle 4
Two hands [30+30] 60
Hip bones 2
Two legs [30+30] 60

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