THE SKELETON. _ | I. THE HEAD (_28 bones._) | _ | | Frontal Bone (forehead). | _ | Two Parietal Bones. | | 1. CRANIUM..............| Two Temporal (temple) Bones. | | (_8 bones._) | Sphenoid Bone. | | | Ethmoid (sieve-like bone at root of nose). | | |_Occipital Bone (back and base of skull). | | _ | | | Two Superior Maxillary (upper jaw) Bones. | | | Inferior Maxillary (lower jaw) Bone. | | | Two Malar (cheek) Bones. | | 2. FACE.................| Two Lachrymal Bones. | | (_14 bones._) | Two Turbinated (scroll like) Bones, each | | | side of nose. | | | Two Nasal Bones (Bridge of nose). | | | Vomer (the bone between the nostrils). | | |_Two Palate Bones. | | _ | | | Hammer. | | 3. EARS.................| Anvil. | |_ (_6 bones._) |_Stirrup. | | II. THE TRUNK (_54 bones._) | _ | | Cervical Vertebræ (seven vertebræ of the | _ | neck). | | 1. SPINAL COLUMN........| Dorsal Vertebræ (twelve vertebræ of the | | | back). | | | Lumbar Vertebræ (five vertebræ of the | | |_ loins). | | _ | | | True Ribs. | | 2. RIBS.................|_False Ribs. | | | | 3. STERNUM (breastbone). | | | | 4. OS HYOIDES (bone at the root of tongue). | | _ | | | Two Innominata. | |_5. PELVIS...............| Sacrum. | |_Coccyx. | | III. THE LIMBS (_124 bones._) | _ | _ | _Clavicle._ | | Shoulder...|__Scapula._ | _ | _ | | 1. UPPER LIMBS..........| | _Humerus._ | | (_64 bones._) | Arm........|__Ulna and Radius._ | | | _ | | | | _Eight Wrist or Carpal | | | | Bones._ | | |_Hand.......| _Five Metacarpal Bones._ | | |__Phalanges (14 bones)._ | | _ | | _ | _Femur._ | | | Leg........| _Patella._ | | | |__Tibia and Fibula._ | | 2. LOWER LIMBS..........| _ | |_ (_60 bones._) | | _Seven Tarsal Bones._ |_ | Foot.......| _Five Metatarsal Bones._ |_ |__Phalanges (14 bones)._
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