How many bones of the human body can you name?

Answer 1

Human babies have 270 bones at birth. Many fuse together, so an adult human's skeleton consists of 206 bones, in total. So let's name them together!

The bones in the adult human body include (number of each bone in parenthesis):

Vertebral column (spinal column)

• The spinal vertebrae of the vertebral column (33 bones)
  • The cervical vertebrae (7)
  • The thoracic vertebrae (12)
  • The lumbar vertebrae (5)
    • Extra lumber vertebrae
  • The sacral vertebrae (5 at birth, later fused into one)
  • The coccygeal vertebrae (4 at birth, later fused into one)

Chest (thoracic area)

• The sternum (1)
• The ribs (24, in 12 pairs), including:
  • (3) pairs (8th,9th and 10th pairs), also known as false ribs are attached anteriorly to each other and to the 7th rib by cartilages and synovial joints
  • (2) pairs of floating ribs (11th and 12th pairs), have no anterior attachment.
  • Cervical ribs

Skull (cranial area)

• The cranial bones (8)
  • The occipital bone
  • The parietal bones (2)
  • The frontal bone
  • The temporal bones (2)
  • The sphenoid bone (sometimes counted as facial)
  • The ethmoid bone (sometimes counted as facial)
• The facial bones (15)
  • The nasal bones (2)
  • The maxillae (upper jaw) (2)
  • The lacrimal bone (2)
  • The zygomatic bone (2);
  • The palatine bone (2)
  • The inferior nasal concha (2)
  • The vomer
  • The mandible (lower jaw)
  • The hyoid bone (sometimes not counted as facial)
• In the middle ears (6)
  • malleus (2)
  • incus (2)
  • stapes (2)

Arm

• The bones of the upper arm (4 bones, 2 on each side)
  • The scapula
  • The humerus
• The bones of the lower arm (4 bones, 2 on each side)
  • The ulna
  • The radius
• The hand (54 bones, 27 in each hand)
  • The carpals
    • scaphoid bone (2)
    • lunate bone (2)
    • triquetrum bone (2)
    • pisiform bone (2)
    • trapezium (2)
    • trapezoid bone (2)
    • capitate bone (2)
    • hamate bone (2)
  • The metacarpals (5 × 2=10)
  • The phalanges of the hand
    • proximal phalanges (5 × 2=10)
    • intermediate phalanges (4 × 2=8)
    • distal phalanges (5 × 2=10)

Leg

• The coxal bone, or hip bones, has three regions: ilium, ischium, and pubis (2)
  • The sacrum and the coccyx attach to the two hip bones to form the pelvis
• The femur
• The patella or knee cap
• The tibia
• The fibula
• The foot (52 bones in total, 26 per foot)
  • The tarsus
    • calcaneus or heel bone (2)
    • talus (2)
    • navicular bone (2)
    • medial cuneiform bone (2)
    • intermediate cuneiform bone(2)
    • lateral cuneiform bone (2)
    • cuboid bone (2)
  • The metatarsals (10)
  • The phalanges of the foot
    • proximal phalanges (5 × 2=10)
    • intermediate phalanges (4 x 2= 8)
    • distal phalanges (5 x 2=10)

Sesamoid bones (embedded within a tendon or a muscle)

• Patella
• Pisiform bone
• Fabella
• Cyamella (bone)
• sesamoids in first and second metacarpal bones
• sesamoids in first metatarsal bone
• inconsistent sesamoids on other fingers and toes
• Lenticular process of the Incus bone
• Rider's bone
• inconsistent sesamoids in legs, arms, and buttocks

Whew! We're done!

Answer 2

All of them are named, so there are 206 named bones (in the average adult) altogether in the human body.

Answer 3

Compact bone or Cortial bone

Trabecular bone

There are also 5 types of bones in human body

long, short, flat, irregular and sesamoid

Answer 4

An adult human normally has 206 bones.