How many bones do we have?

A human baby is born with 270 bones.
Some of these join together as we grow and
by the time we are adults we only have 206
bones. The central part of our skeleton has
74 bones, including 26 bones in our spine,
22 in our skull and 25 in our ribs.

Our arms and legs have 126 bones – 62 in
our legs and 64 in our arms. Our ears have
six bones each. Bones are hard outside and
spongy inside. This is what makes them light.
Different parts of our body have different
types of bones. All together we have have
four kinds of bones: long, short, flat and
irregular bones. In some parts of our
body, there is cartilage instead of bones.
The cartilge is a rubbery connective
tissue. It is elastic and
helps in movement.