This document discusses osteology, the study of the skeleton. It notes that the human skeleton is made up of 206 bones that form the axial and appendicular skeleton. The axial skeleton comprises 80 bones including those of the skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage. The appendicular skeleton includes 126 bones of the upper and lower limbs along with their attachments. The document classifies bones based on their position, size, shape, gross structure, and development and describes examples for each classification.