22 THE BONY SKELETON. 



TABLE OF THE SKELETON. 



THE BONY SKELETON: 206 bones. 



HEAD, NECK, AND TRUNK: 80 bones. 

 Skull : 29 bones. 



Brain-case, 8 bones, namely: 



Occipital bone, at back of head I 



Frontal bone, in forehead I 



Parietal bones, on top and sides of head 2 



Temporal bones, in the temples 2 



Sphenoid bone, on floor and sides of brain-box I 



Ethmoid bone, between top of nose and brain case I 



8 

 Face-bones, 14, namely: 



Lower jaw-bone I 



Vomer, between the nostrils I 



Upper jaw-bones 2 



Palate-bones, supporting part of the roof of the mouth. ... 2 

 Malar bones, supporting the cheek below and outside 



the eye 2 



Lachrymal bones, between nose and eye-socket 2 



Nasal bones, on roof and sides of nose 2 



Turbinate bones, inside the nose 2 



14 

 Ear-bones, 6, three on each side, within the ear, namely : 



Malleus, or hammer-bone I 



Incus, or anvil-bone I 



Stapes, or stirrup-bone I 



3X2'= 6 

 Hyoid bone, to which the root of the tongue is attached I 



29 

 Vertebral Column: 26 bones, namely: 



Cervical (neck) vertebrae 7 



Dorsal vertebras, at back of thorax 12 



Lumbar (loin) vertebrae 5 



Sacrum i 



Coccyx i 



26 



Bibs : 24 bones, on each side twelve 24 



Sternum (breast-bone) i 



80 



