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Skull

Skull (22)

• Cranial Bones (8)
• Parietal (2)
• Temporal (2)
• Frontal (1)
• Occipital (1)
• Ethmoid (1)
• sphenoid (1)

Auditory Ossicles (6 )

• Malleus (2)
• Incus (2)
• Stapes (2)

Hyoid bone (1) U-shape bone in the neck that anchors the tongue and is associated with swallowing.

Vertebral Column (26)

• Cervical vertebrae (7)
• Thoracic vertebrae (12)
• Lumbar vertebrae (5)
• Sacrum (1) (5 at birth, later fused in adult stage)
• Coccyx (1) (4 at birth, later fused to form one single bone, varies between 3-5)

Thoracic cage (27)

• Sternum (3) - Manubrium (1) Body of sternum (1) Xiphoid process (1)
• Ribs (24)