why do babies have more bones when they are born than when they grow up?
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Babies skulls are made up multiple bones that fuse as they get older.  This is why babies heads have "soft spots"
937740
it's probably not osteoporosis, it's probably Scoliosis. Which is very common, go see your pediatrician
210270
I guess it depends on how old you are, usually growth continues until about age 17-21. There are no foods that help you grow, however a Calcium supplement does promote bone strength, so getting a good amount of Calcium in your diet is important and also weight bearing exercise stimulates bone growth too.
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It depends on your epiphyseal plate in your bones.  If they haven't sealed then there is still room from growth.  Some people are late bloomers, so drink you milk and eat your vegetables.  If you are female, then you have probably hit your maximum height by now, so go out and buy a nice set of heels.
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Hi there,\n\nA typical human skeleton has 206 bones.\n\nAn infant has these bones in addition to them-\n\n1 sacral vertebrae (4 or 5), which fuse in adults toform   the sacrum \n\n2 coccygeal vertebrae (3 to 5), which fuse in adults to form the coccyx \n\n3 ilium, ischium and pubis, which fuse in adults to form the pelvic girdle \n\nHope this helped. If not, please let me know. I'll be glad to provide any further assistance.\n\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny
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Same reason as big babies.
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some, like our skull, which starts in 4 plates I think, grow together into one or fuse. That's why we have a "soft spot" as newborns. Others must be the same.
430479
The skeleton of an adult human is comprised of 206 bones. \n\nThe skeleton of an infant contains 350 (bones fuse together as you grow up)\n\nThis completely answers your question
787861
most parents today have the umbelical stem cells of their childred preserved (by freezing) at birth.\n\nthese cells will provide the starting point for growing new body parts for them in later years.\n\nwhy:\n\nif i took a stem cell from my body and grew a new heart, it would still be a 65 year old heart. If a heart were grown from stem scell preserved at my birth, it would be only 9 months old.
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Babies are born with 270 soft bones, about 64 more than an adult. These will fuse together by the age of twenty or twenty-five into the 206 hard, permanent bones
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When you force your soft bones with weight lifting they are forced to accelerate the calcification process and as a result you won't grow as tall as you were genetically destined to be. It's supposed for men to grow until you reach 21 years old. You would be loosing a good part of those 10 years of growth.
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Ossification is the gradual conversion of cartilage or other tissue into bone. At birth ossification is not complete, there are still may membrane filled spaces in the skull, these are called fontanels or "soft spots". Most bone growth occurs during childhood, and ossification of most bones is usually complete by age 25. The 5 bones of the sacrum fuse together from ages 18 to 25. When all bone growth is complete the body is said to be skeletally mature.\n\nThe soft spots of the skull generally firm up by age 2.
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Bones are living tissue because bone cells continue to grow and regenrate throughout your life until you die. Every 3 years after you reach the age of 18 your bones completely regenerate until death.  As you are growing and especially around the stage of puberty, bones can regereate and generate new bone tissue in as little as 8 months. Bones are also the source of bone marrow. Red bone marrow is responsible for the production of red blood cells. White blood cells are produced by the lymphatic system.  \n\nHope this helps you some. feel free to ask anything else. \n\nTrisha Linton\nWichita Falls, Tx
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Why?\nThey are both at the ages where their form will change dramatically\nthey are both growing, and the taller the child will be the leaner they will tend to be.\nOne of my sons was always quite thin (not thin as in "too" thin, but *lean*)  but has now filled out to be 6' 2. Another of my sons is growing with the identical pattern and these can tend to have more growing pains too.\nAs long as your child eats regularly and a good balanced diet then don't worry. Don't go shoving junk food down them. How we eat as children comes back and either cares for us as adults or dogs us as in illness etc...A childs diet is essential to be balanced now, for a healthy body when older.
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Because when they are a fetus in the womb both males and females grow in the same way upto a certain time when sexual charcteristics develop. \nMales stop growing in that area cause they do not need them for survival whereas females need them for breastfeeding so development continues.  \n\nI think apes have them to!
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Height and growth go on from the birth until adolescence.\nThen skeleton reaches its max (genetic) measures and there is nothing to do for increasing it since any bones is tightly interconnected with the body. Generally the hormones helps the growth during the childhood and the puberty. Therefore  even at 16 years old it's too late.
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A child born with teeth is going to lose them.  He/she just started a bit early... but they are milk teeth, the first teeth and they'll fall eventually to make room for the permanent teeth...\nA friend of mine was married to a guy who, after his permanent teeth grew in, had a terrible pains in his jaws... they came from a third set of teeth that was growing in !!!