There are eight little bones in the wrist, five in that part of the hand next to the wrist, and fourteen in the fingers and thumb.
~11.

The Legs.~--The bones of the leg are the _thigh_ or _upper leg-bone_, the _knee-pan_ or _knee-cap_, which covers the front of the knee, the two bones of the _lower leg_, the _heel-bone_ and six other bones in the _ankle_, five bones in that part of the foot next to the ankle, and fourteen bones in the _toes_.
~12.

Use of the Bones.~--The skeleton is not only necessary as a framework for the body, but it is useful in other ways.

Some of the bones, as the skull, protect delicate parts.

The brain is so soft and delicate that it would be very unsafe without its solid bony covering.
The spinal cord also needs the protection which it finds in the strong but flexible back-bone.