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The Adult Human Skull consists of 22 bones, or a total of 28 bones when including 3 bones within each ear:

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8 Cranial Bones 

• ethmoid bone

• frontal bone

• occipital bone

• (2) parietal bones 

• sphenoid bone

• (2) temporal bones

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14 Facial Bones

• Mandible

• (2) maxillae (singular: maxilla)

• Vomer

• (2) palatine bones

• (2) nasal bones

• (2) zygomatic bones

• (2) nasal conchae (singular: concha)

• (2) lacrimal bones

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3 Ear Bones

• Malleus

• Incus

• Stapes