Multiple choice

The total number of bones in adult human body is __________.

  1. 206

  2. 260

  3. 306

  4. 360

  5. None of these
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Explanation

An adult human body has 206 bones. An infant may have from 300-350 bones at birth. Many of these fuse together as the infant grows. When some bones fuse and become one bone (most obvious examples are in the skull, sacrum and hip bones) the number of overall bones drops to the 206 bones that most adults have. 

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