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Does your bones stretch out when you grow older?

bones do not stretch; they grow by building more cells.


How much bones do you have when you're a baby?

A newborn baby has around 300 bones.A baby has 300 bones at birth. As they grow older the small bones grow together unil finaly as as an adult there are 206.A baby has about 300 bones at birth. As they grow small bones grow together and as an adult you have 206 bones.


Why are the number of bones that you have now and the number of bones that you had when you were a baby not the same?

Hello, When a human grows, their bones will grow together and combine, that's why you won't have the same number of bones as an adult.


What causes older older people to break their hips?

Their bones naturally losing (some) strength.


How many bones were you born with?

When you are born there is more than 300 bones in your body, but when you start to get older you start to "lose" bones. When you are a adult you have 206 bones in your body.


When you grow how many bones do you have?

206, although infants will have more - these extra bones will then fuse together as they grow.


O children's heats rates increase as they get older?

i think it dose grow because your bones grow and your heart is a bone


Do babies have more bones or do adult?

A baby has more number of bones as in the growing process many bones fuse together and form a large bone thus a baby have more bones. An excellent example is the soft-spot on a baby's head. The skull is not fully formed when a baby is born to enable the head to pass through the birth canal, as they get older the bones will grow together.


How many bones does the have?

206 but when you're a baby you have more, bones grow together.


Is human body ha 500 bones?

The average adult human body has 206 bones, with infants having 300-350 and many of these bones fusing as we grow older.


Do bones get heavier with age?

No, you do not grow more bones as you get older anywhere in the skeletal system. You still have the same amount and exact bones you had when you were born, but as you get older they grow bigger.


Why are children less vulnerable to rib fractures?

A child's bones have not yet completely calcified and therefore are a little more flexible. As you get older, your bones get more rigid, and as you get MUCH older, they can actually become brittle.