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How many bones are in a baby's body?


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Skeleton of Baby:

  1. A skeleton is a structure that gives the body a perfect shape and structure to the body.
  2. The skeleton is made up of bones, the bones help in protecting the organs of the body.
  3. It also helps the locomotion of the organism.
  4. An adult human consists of 206 bones in the body, whereas a baby has 300 bones in the body.
  5. As the baby grows the bones come to have fused and the total number of bones is reduced.
  6. The bones stop growing approximately at the age of 25.

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