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How is a babies bones different than an adults?

The baby's skull is broken up in to many sections, as the child gets older those pieces fuse together to make one solid structure. Also, baby's are born with out knee caps. Babies are born with 270 bones, as they get older, they have 206.


What bones do babies have that adults do not?

Babies have more bones than adults but the only way this is, is because numerous bones the babies have are not yet fused together. For example, the skull of a baby is several different bones, after a while they fuse together to form the complete skull.


How many bones do adults have?

Well, when you are born, you have 300-350 bones. But, when you grow into an adult you end up with only about 206 bones in your body because many of them fuse together.What is fascinating is that more than half of your 206 bones are found in your hands and feet.See the Related Links for "ask.Yahoo.com: How many bones does the human body contain?" to the left for the answer.


How many bones are there in a small baby?

A baby's skeleton contains 300 or more bones. These bones fuse together as the baby grows which explains why adults have less bones than babies and even children.


Why at birth is there 270 bones and only 206 as adults?

Babies have more bones so their bodies are more flexible to fit through the birth canal. As the baby grows the bones join together. A good example of this is the babies head, the bones in the skull are separated until about 18 months. The spaces between these bones in the skull is what is often called a soft spots.