how many bones does skull have?

The skull is composed of two sets of bones –8 cranial and 14 facial, that totals to 22 bones out of which only mandible (lower jaw) is movable.

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The entire group of bones that make up the head is called the skull and it too can be divided into two primary groups: the Cranium and the Facial area.There are eight bones that make up the cranium, and six bones make up the facial area. In addition to the previous bones, there are six tiny bones (three pairs) called ossicles that are located in the ears. There is one final bone of the human skull. It is a single U-shaped bone to which the tongue attaches to and it is called the hyoid bone. That makes a total of 21.

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22 BONES .

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The entire group of bones that make up the head is called the skull and it too can be divided into two primary groups: the Cranium and the Facial area.There are eight bones that make up the cranium, and six bones make up the facial area. In addition to the previous bones, there are six tiny bones (three pairs) called ossicles that are located in the ears. There is one final bone of the human skull. It is a single U-shaped bone to which the tongue attaches to and it is called the hyoid bone. That makes a total of 21.There are 29 bones in the human skull. The cranium has 8; the face has 15 (including the lower jaw); the ears have 6.There are 29 bones in the human skull. The squiggly lines in the skull are called sutures.

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There fore our human skull has 29 bones in our human body.

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There are eight bones that make up the cranium, and six bones make up the facial area. In addition to the previous bones, there are six tiny bones (three pairs) called ossicles that are located in the ears. There is one final bone of the human skull. It is a single U-shaped bone to which the tongue attaches to and it is called the hyoid bone. That makes a total of 21.

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