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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Just for arguments sake..

To those who participated in the "bones in the body" argument..their are 206:

Site Used: http://www.bartleby.com/107/17.html

Henry Gray (1821–1865). Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918.
II. Osteology

THE GENERAL framework of the body is built up mainly of a series of bones, supplemented, however, in certain regions by pieces of cartilage; the bony part of the framework constitutes the skeleton.

In the skeleton of the adult there are 206 distinct bones, as follows:—

Axial Skeleton
Vertebral column
26

Skull
22

Hyoid bone
1

Ribs and sternum
25

74

Appendicular Skeleton

Upper extremities
64

Lower extremities
62

126

Auditory ossicles
6

Total
206

1 Comments:

  • haha i love that u looked that up, thx for the info!

    By Blogger RosieB, at 3:42 PM  

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