• Question: how many more bones does a baby have than adults

    Asked by BuzzyBumbleBeeGirl to Reka, Pip on 17 Nov 2016. This question was also asked by Jman007.
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      Reka Nagy answered on 17 Nov 2016:

      About 100 more! That’s a pretty impressive number, considering that adult humans have 206 bones in their body.

      Some of these extra bones fuse together as babies grow up, for example their skulls consist of more bones than the skull of an adult. A baby’s skeleton is actually made mostly of cartilage that turns into bone as they grow, which is why they are so flexible!

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