An adult person has a total of 206 bones in their skeletal system, including 80 in the axial skeletal system and 126 in the appendicular skeletal system. The skull bone (22), ear ossicles (6), vertebrae column (26 bones), rib cage bones (25), and hyoid bone (1) comprise the axial skeleton system. The arms and forearms bones (6), shoulder girdles (4), hands (54 bones), thighs and legs (8 bones), pelvis (2 bones) and feet and ankles (52 bones) form the appendicular skeleton.
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