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Organअंग

Bones, joints and cartilage

अस्थि, संधि और उपास्थि · अस्थि

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Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.

Names and synonyms

Sanskrit
अस्थिसन्धितरुणास्थि
Hindi
उपास्थिसंधिअस्थिहड्डीहड्डियांजोड़
English
Bones, joints and cartilagebonesbonejointsjointcartilageskeletal
Romanized
asthisandhihaddijod

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Anatomy3

  • The verse counts, in order, three hundred bones and three hundred joints, followed by nine hundred sinews, seven hundred veins and five hundred muscles.

    Chapter 3 · p. 26 · v. 2Sanskrit verseTraditional description
  • The commentary says the human body has three hundred bones and three hundred joints.

    Chapter 3 · p. 26 · v. 2Hindi commentaryTraditional description
  • An editor's footnote objects that there cannot be as many joints as bones, because two bones meet at one joint, so joints should be fewer; it notes that Suśruta gives 300 bones and 210 joints and, although all three manuscripts available read the same, judges the reading corrupt, a copyists' error.

    Chapter 3 · p. 26 · v. 2FootnoteTraditional description

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 62 times on 38 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What counts of bones, joints, sinews, veins, muscles, vessels and vital points does chapter 3 give, and what does the editor's footnote say about the joints?

300 bones, 300 joints, 900 sinews, 700 veins, 500 muscles, 24 vessels (dhamanī) and 107 vital points. The footnote says the joint count cannot equal the bone count, notes Suśruta's 300 bones and 210 joints, and calls the reading a scribal error.

Detailed answer and sources

All references

Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.

Quick facts

Content type
Organ
Categories
Body system
Source pages with records
1
Pages naming it
38
Chapters
Chapter 3
Extraction tasks
T02
Record id
organ_bones_joints