How bones in the body?

This is a common question when first learning about human biology. This pages lists human bones and shows their positions on a diagram. read more

An adult human skeleton consists of 206 bones. Normally It is composed of 270 bones at birth, which decreases to 206 bones by adulthood after some bones have fused together. read more

As a human ages, some of its bones fuse, a process which typically lasts until sometime within the third decade of life. Therefore, the number of bones in an individual may be evaluated differently throughout their life. read more