HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -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).

Detailed explanation-2: -How many bones does a baby have? Babies are born with around 270 to 300 bones at birth. Over time, some of a baby’s bones fuse (i.e. grow) together, so that by the time your little one is in his 20s, he’ll probably have 206 bones.

Detailed explanation-3: -The baby skeleton has more bones and cartilages. During development many of these cartilages become bones by the process called ossification and some bones fuse to form a bigger bone reducing the number of bones to 206. Q. Babies have about 300 bones while adults have only 206.