• Question: how many bones do you have in your body?

    Asked by Maya to Rhys, Camilla, Katie, Mike on 24 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by Tess.
    • Photo: Rhys Archer

      Rhys Archer answered on 24 Jun 2015:

      I think adults have around 206 bones in the body, when we are younger we have a lot more but as we grow up some of these bones fuse together!

    • Photo: Katie Sparks

      Katie Sparks answered on 24 Jun 2015:

      Lots!
      I really don’t know – biology is not my strong point and I think it’d be really hard to count them.
      I don’t think I have any missing though…

    • Photo: Camilla Weiss

      Camilla Weiss answered on 24 Jun 2015:

      I didn’t realise we were born with so many more bones than you have as an adult, like Rhys said. You apparently get born with 270 bones!

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