ANATOMY 



PART I 



OSTEOLOGY, OR THE ANATOMY OF THE 

 OSSEOUS SYSTEM 



THE CLASSIFICATION AND STRUCTURE OF BONES 



Anatomical Position. The skeleton is the solid framework 

 of the body, composed of bones with the intervals completed 

 by cartilage. The number of bones in the human adult skeleton 

 is 206, thus classified: 



f Vertebral column . . 26 



Axial skeleton Skull , 2 ? 



Hyoid bone .... 1 



I Ribs and sternum . . 25 



74 



Appendicular skeleton 



(Lower limbs . . . . 62 



126 

 Auditory ossicles . . 6 



Total 206 



The patella and pisiform are included, but not the small sesa- 

 moid bones. The teeth belong to the epidermal layer, 



2 



