A BIT OF ANATOMY.
The entire adult skeleton consists of 200 distinct bones, as follows:
| The spine or vertebral column | |
| (sacrum and coccyx included) | 26 |
| Cranium | 8 |
| Face | 14 |
| Os hyoids, sternum and ribs | 26 |
| Upper extremities | 64 |
| Lower extremities | 62 |
| 200 |
The patellæ are included as separate bones; the smaller sesamoid bones and the ossicula auditus are not counted. The teeth belong to the tegumentary system.