[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907) › c3.2 # Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c3.2 Studies in the Medicine of Ancient India, Part I: Osteology, or the Bones of the Human Body c3.2 - **Language:** English ### [c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c3.2) ‘The Rabbis declared that there were 248 members (bones) in the human body; namely, 40 in the tarsal region and the foot (30 + 10 = 40); 2 in the leg (the tibia and fibula); 6 in the knee (including the head of the femur and the epiphyses of the tibia and fibula); 3 in the pelvis (ilium, ischium, and pubes); 11 ribs (the 12th rib, owing to its diminutive size, was not counted); 30 in the hand (the carpal bones and the phalanges); 2 in the forearm (radius and ulna); 2 in the elbow (the olecranon and the head of the radius); 1 in the arm (humerus); 4 in the shoulder (clavicle, scapula, caracoid process, and acromion)—which makes 101 for each side, or 202 for both; 18 vertebrae; 9 in the head (cranium and face); 8 in the neck (7 vertebral, and the os hyoides); 5 around the openings \[\*sic\*\] of the body (cartilaginous bones); and 6 in the key of the heart (the sternum).’ (Oh. I. 8.) - [Previous: c3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c3.1) - [Next: c3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c3.3) - [Up: c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.hoernle-1907.c3.2) · Pramāṇa