GK
HUMAN BODY AND REPRODUCTION
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Question
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140 to 150 bones
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160 to 210 bones
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270 to 350 bones
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400 to 500 bones
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Detailed explanation-1: -New born babies have around 305 bones. A baby’s skeleton is mostly made up of cartilage.As a person grows up, most of this cartilage turns into bone in a process called ossification.By adulthood, the skeleton has just 206 bones.
Detailed explanation-2: -A baby’s body has about 300 bones at birth. These eventually fuse (grow together) to form the 206 bones that adults have. Some of a baby’s bones are made entirely of a special material called cartilage (say: KAR-tel-ij). Other bones in a baby are partly made of cartilage.
Detailed explanation-3: -New born babies have around 300 bones. A baby’s skeleton is mostly made up of cartilage. By adulthood, the skeleton has just 206 bones.
Detailed explanation-4: -The human skeleton is made up of 206 bones, including bones of the: Skull – including the jaw bone. Spine – cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae, sacrum and tailbone (coccyx)