backbone, provide the structure which enables you to stand erect instead

of lying like a puddle on the floor. Other bones protect the delicate,

and sometimes soft, insides of your body. Your skull, a series of fused

bones, acts like a hard protective helmet for your brain. The bones, or

vertebrae, of your spinal column surround your spinal cord, a complex

bundle of nerves. Imagine what could happen to your heart and lungs

without the protective armor of your rib cage. When you were born you

had over 300 bones. As you grew, some of these bones began to fuse

together. The result? An adult has only 206 bones. Babies hav

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