Talk:List of bones of the human skeleton

Imagemap?
This seems like an ideal page to use an imagemap so a user could click directly on the bone, rather than having to look up a number in a list. Does MediaWiki support imagemaps? &mdash;BenFrantzDale 15:01, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, see the list of the 50 American states, a nice clickable imagemap. Other than that, this page feels chaotic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.91.84.113 (talk) 00:21, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, this page feels very chaotic, and needs either an explanation for the numbering system, or a new system.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.30.55.140 (talk) 19:17, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

obviously that's not a bone's name anybody know —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cobracool (talk • contribs) 02:19, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Fixed (I hope)--Mumia-w-18 11:55, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Sesamoid bones
Why aren't the sesamoid bones listed? rone (talk) 03:44, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * They are listed! Which ones do you think are missing? Blacknightshade (talk) 03:22, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

What of the sesemoids of the metacarpals and metetarsals? I do not see them listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.165.6 (talk) 21:29, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

There are more sesemoids than the petella and the pisiform. Two at the distal end of the first metatarsal (under the ball of the foot), usually one in the thumb, and one or two on the distal end of the index finger metacarpal (on the knuckle) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.165.6 (talk) 21:33, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

The navicular bone is NOT in the hand!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.209.160.174 (talk) 04:10, 4 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The Patella and Pisiform bones are the only sesamoid bones conserved in >90% of people, all other sesamoid bones are too variable to be included in this list. --Osteomyoamare (talk) 02:23, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

What about extra digits (toes/fingers)? Are they considered sesamoid bones? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6001:EA85:2C00:A97A:757A:2964:9BF9 (talk) 01:02, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

what is bone...
it is really very bad.. that I dont Know about it.

if anyone here... then tell me about this —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.80.211 (talk) 09:33, 9 November 2009 (UTC) DID YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE 206 BONES IN OUR BODY WOW OMG —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.77.195.3 (talk) 07:01, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

a bone is a compact of calcium and many other like phosphates e.t.c and it is like a brick in our body, and many bricks namely humerus, radius,ulna e.t.c when joins with eachother forms a network , by the help of which we are able to walk and bend ourself and able to stand even is the network of bones called skeleton. that's all i know — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.182.41.202 (talk) 14:42, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Clarifying the number of bones
I like the list of bones and an account of where the number 206 comes from. Suggest a section be added to explain why the numbers 'don't always add up', there is more than the one issue indicated. Reasons are:

- items can be grouped differently, e.g. do we count sacrum and coccyx as vertebrae or pelvis?

- fusing of bones as we get older (a baby has over 300 bones), e.g. sternum is already mentioned, also the three parts of the hip, 5 parts of the sacrum and 4 parts of the coccyx.

- there are variations between individuals, e.g. coccyx can consist of 3-5 parts and variation apparently possible with other vertebrae.

- Sesamoid bones in fingers and toes (not to be confused with other named of the same type) are often ignored when counting bones but are generally present.

Clarifying these will also help explain why Wikipedia states there are 24, 26 or 33 vertebrae depending on which page you look at (and they are all correct in their own way!). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.78.34.93 (talk) 10:32, 22 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Conflicting number of Bones: At first in the article it says that we are born with 270 bones then futher down it says that we are born with 300 bones. Where does these conflicting numbers comefrom - and would it make sense to make a table with how many bones you ussally have at what age. with the intial stages maybe messured in weekes instead of years Claes Lindhardt (talk) 16:19, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * We could do something like
 * List of bones in a new born:
 * {| class="wikitable sortable"

!name/ Bone !Location in the body !Number of bones !Wiki Enum nr.
 * Sternum
 * Chest (thorax)
 * 1 or 3 bones. It is counted as 1 in this article.
 * 1
 * }
 * List of bones in an adult:
 * {| class="wikitable sortable"
 * {| class="wikitable sortable"

!name/ Bone !Location in the body !Number of bones !Wiki Enum nr.
 * Sternum
 * Chest (thorax)
 * 1 or 3 bones. It is counted as 1 in this article.
 * 1
 * }
 * Claes Lindhardt (talk) 09:43, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Claes Lindhardt (talk) 09:43, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 7 November 2014
You have listed / counted the pelvis twice. Once as the pelvis, once as the hip bone.

192.83.228.118 (talk) 18:25, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Cannolis (talk) 01:09, 9 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 June 2016
The clavicles are not mentioned in any section on the main page... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.211.8.157 (talk) 21:52, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format.  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  02:07, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Number of phalanges
The number of phalanges in the fifth toe is 3 in only ~55% of the population, with ~44% having 2 phalanges and a few people having a different number of phalanges in the fifth toe on one foot relative to the other: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23093121. This makes it such a common variation that it is impossible to define one number of phalanges as being normal, and the total number of bones in an adult being given as 206 rather than 204 is strictly a matter of convention.

I don't have an account, so perhaps someone who does might make the appropriate edits to the article? 209.119.70.1 (talk) 21:01, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

The hyoid bone is listed twice
It is mentioned in the section on bones of the thorax, and again with the bones of the head. It should be in one or the other, but not both. 100.19.13.180 (talk) 04:02, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Bones at birth
This article says there are 300 bones approximately at birth but the article about bones states there are 270 which one is wrong and which is right in case both please explain anyone it is confusing to me Jokerkick (talk) 21:43, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Appendicular skeleton
Appendicular skeleton 103.156.201.245 (talk) 00:51, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

numbers of bones in the human body 102.88.63.55 (talk) 20:31, 25 February 2024 (UTC)