The Skeleton
The human skeleton is made of individual or joined bones, supported and supplemented by a structure of ligaments, tendons, muscles, cartilage and other organs.
- Human Skeleton
- The human skeleton is made of individual or joined bones, supported and supplemented by a structure of ligaments, tendons, muscles, cartilage and other organs.
- List of Bones of the Human Skeleton
- A typical adult human skeleton consists of the following 206 bones. (Numbers in bold refer to the diagram at right.)
- The Skull
- In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 28 bones. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures, rigid articulations permitting very little movement.
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