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2007-02-23 20:55:17 · 17 answers · asked by baccha 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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At birth the human body has about 350 bones, but by the time adulthood rolls around, some of our bones have fused together to give us a total of 206 bones in our body!

Here is the breakdown:

The adult skeleton consists of 206 bones . . .

- 28 skull bones (8 cranial, 14 facial, and 6 ear bones);

- the horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone of the neck;

- 26 vertebrae (7 cervical or neck, 12 thorax, 5 lumbar or loins, the sacrum which is five fused vertebrae, and the coccyx, our vestigial tail, which is four fused vertebrae);

- 24 ribs plus the sternum or breastbone; the shoulder girdle (2 clavicles, the most frequently fractured bone in the body, and 2 scapulae);

- the pelvic girdle (2 fused bones);

- 30 bones in our arms and legs (a total of 120);

- There are also a few partial bones, ranging from 8-18 in number, which are related to joints.

Basically, there are 7 vertebrae and the hyoid bone in the neck.

2007-02-23 21:14:34 · answer #1 · answered by PKP 2 · 1 0

There r 206 bones in a adult human body.

2007-02-23 21:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Kanchan B 2 · 0 0

206 bones are there in a human body

2007-02-24 20:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by Shalini j 1 · 0 0

206 bones

2007-02-24 20:11:48 · answer #4 · answered by mani_shankar_28 1 · 0 0

206 bones

2007-02-23 21:00:07 · answer #5 · answered by Mowri 4 · 0 0

206

2007-02-23 22:46:27 · answer #6 · answered by kutty 1 · 0 0

childs have more bone than adults
a newly born child has more than 300 bones while there are only about 206 bones in a matured adult
as the age becomes older the bones fuse into one causing the above result.

2007-02-23 21:16:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

human skeleton is made up of 206 bones but we are born up with 300 bones

2007-02-24 00:49:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

206 bones in an adult body

2007-02-23 22:02:41 · answer #9 · answered by ♦Opty misstix♦ 7 · 0 0

There are 208 bones in the human body

2007-02-23 21:05:12 · answer #10 · answered by Christy 1 · 0 0

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