A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.66

v1.c11.66

These bones consist of: thirty-two teeth, thirty-two sockets of the teeth (dantolūkhala),¹⁵⁴ twenty nails, sixty phalanxes in fingers and toes (pāṇipādāngulyasthi),¹⁵⁵ twenty metacarpal and metatarsal bones (pāṇipādaśalākā),¹⁵⁶ four bases of the metacarpal and metatarsal bones (pāṇipādaśalākādhiṣṭhāna),¹⁵⁷ two bones in the heels (pārṣṇi),¹⁵⁸ four bones in the ankles (gulpha),¹⁵⁹ two wrist-bones (maṇika),¹⁶⁰ four bones in the forearms (aratni), four bones in the lower legs (jaṅghā),¹⁶¹ two bones in the knees (jānu),¹⁶² two kneecaps (jānukapālikā),¹⁶³ two long bones in the thighs (ūrunalaka), two long bones in the upper arms (bāhunalaka), two bones in the shoulders (aṃsa),¹⁶⁴ two shoulder blades (aṃsaphalaka),¹⁶⁵ two clavicles (akṣaka),¹⁶⁶ one breastbone (jatru),¹⁶⁷ two bones in the palate (tālukā),¹⁶⁸ two flat pelvic bones (śroṇiphalaka),¹⁶⁹ one pubic bone (bhagāsthi),¹⁷⁰ forty-five bones in the back (pṛṣṭhagatāsthi), 171 fifteen bones in the neck (grīvā), 172 fourteen bones in the front part of the chest (uras), 173 twenty-four ribs (parśuka), 174 twenty-four sockets (sthālaka) of the ribs, 175 twenty-four tubercles (arbuda) for the sthālakas, 176 one jaw bone (hanvasthi), two connecting bones at the roots of the jaw (hanumūlabandhana), 177 one bone constituting the nose (nāsikā), the prominent parts of the cheeks (gaṇḍakūṭa), and the forehead (lalāṭa), 178 two bones in the temples (śaṅkha), 179 and four flat skull bones (śiraḥkapāla). 180