Class 11 Zoology simulations · Locomotion and Movement

The human skeleton: 206 bones

Highlight parts of the axial and appendicular skeleton and count their bones.

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What to notice

Each limb has 30 bones; the vertebral column has 26 serially arranged vertebrae.

Key relation

206 bones = 80 (axial) + 126 (appendicular)

Try this

Add up the skull (22), hyoid (1), ear ossicles (6), vertebral column (26), sternum (1) and ribs (24). Do you get 80?

What you can change

• Highlight: choose Axial skeleton, Skull, Vertebral column, Ribs, Limbs, Girdles, Appendicular skeleton

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