The axial skeleton comprises of the skull, hyoid, auditory vesicles, ribs, sternum and the vertebral column. The appendicular skeleton comprises the upper and lower limbs, pelvic and the pectoral ...

There are a total of 126 bones in the appendicular skeleton. It consists of the bones that make up the arms and legs, as well as the bones that attach them to the axial skeleton.

This article, the third in a four-part series, explores the axial skeleton. Part four will look at the appendicular skeleton. There are a total of 206 bones in the human adult body (Tortora and ...