Pie Chart of Human Bones by Body Region

About this example

An adult human skeleton has 206 bones, distributed across major body regions. The hands and feet together hold over half — 27 bones per hand and 26 per foot.

The data

• Skull — 22 bones
• Spine — 26 bones
• Ribs & sternum — 25 bones
• Upper limbs (arms & hands) — 64 bones
• Lower limbs (legs & feet) — 62 bones
• Pelvis — 2 bones
• Other (auditory ossicles, hyoid) — 5 bones

Source

Standard anatomy references (Gray's Anatomy).

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