• Question: how many bones do we have in are body?

    Asked by fisheyes101 to Anzy, Aoife, Dave, Matt, Tomasz on 19 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: David Christensen

      David Christensen answered on 19 Nov 2013:

      Apparently most people say there are 206 bones in our bodies, although this changes with age as more bones join together so that you can count them as 1 bone. I’ll give you a quick breakdown of this:

      8 bones make up the top of your skull (although these fuse together I think)
      14 bones make up your face
      3 bones in each ear
      1 bone in your throat
      4 bones for your shoulders
      25 bones across your chest
      24 bones in your spine
      3 bones along each arm
      27 bones in each hand
      4 bones around your waist
      4 bones in each leg
      26 bones in each foot

      I hope that’s interesting for you!

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