Why do children have 300 bones and adults have only 206 only has 206?

Answer 1

Children have around 300 bones because their bones have not fully fused together yet. As they grow, some of these bones fuse together through a process called ossification, resulting in the 206 bones that adults have. This fusion increases the strength and stability of the skeletal system as the individual matures.

Answer 2

Well, darling, children have around 300 bones because some of their bones haven't fully fused together yet. As they grow, some bones merge, resulting in the adult count of 206 bones. It's just nature's way of simplifying things as we mature, like a bone yard sale but without the price tags.

Answer 3

I am not sure about the numbers, but I remember being told that my children's' bones in the head undergo a fusing process. You know that little soft spot right above the forehead that eventually closes and becomes solid? Bones fusing to form a bigger bone.

Answer 4

Because son the bones join together to form a single bone over time this way because it gives the baby extra flexibility at birth and just after birth.

Answer 5

Adults have only 206 bones because when they were born they had 300 or more, but they fused until they only had the 206 in adulthood.