Saturday, September 26, 2009

What? Where Do They Go?

Babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood, we have only 206 in our bodies.

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  1. I know for a fact that there are bones in our feet and hands that are distinctly separate bones in children, but they fuse into one as we grow into adulthood. I think there are some in the spine and skull that do the same thing as well!

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  2. Reading that forensic anthropologist latest book - they fuse together I'm thinking.

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  3. Yea, that's it, what Ginger and Froggie said!

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  4. Guess that explains why they're so flexible!

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