The simple peshat in Gemorah Bechoros (45a) is that a man has 248 limbs but a woman has 252. However, the Rambam (טומאת מת (2:7 seems to say a woman has 251 limbs (see Kesef Mishne.)
On the other hand Tosfos beginning Ch. 5 Sotah brings from the Yerushalmi that a woman also has 248 limbs. So how many limbs does she have? [See also Magan Avrohom (610:3).] [M.M.'s from Yabia Omer volume 11 end teshuva 6.]
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