Bones Facts

The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes bone which is located in the ear.

There are 54 bones in your hands including the wrists.

The only bone fully grown at birth is located in the ear.

The human face is made up of 14 bones.

The chances of getting a cavity is higher if candy is eaten slowly throughout the day compared to eating it all at once and then brushing your teeth.

If an identical twin grows up without having a certain tooth, the other twin will most likely also grow up with that tooth missing.

Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone.

Gardening is said to be one of the best exercises for maintaining healthy bones.

Enamel is hardest substance in the human body.

Although the outsides of a bone are hard, they are generally light and soft inside. They are about 75% water.

Adult human bones account for 14% of the body's total weight.

In 2000 babies are born with a tooth that is already visible.

Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

Your thigh bone is stronger than concrete.

The strongest bone in your body is the femur (thighbone), and it's hollow!

•Babies are born with more than 300 bones in their body. As we grow into adults, some of the bones grow together - an adult skeleton has 206 bones.



•Bones are alive! They are growing, living tissue. Bones are constantly renewed throughout our lives through a process called resorption. A process called formation then adds to the bones.


•When children are little, their skeletons re-new themselves every 2 years!


•Bones are actually hollow - the inside of a bone is filled with bone marrow, which is then protected by the hard, outer surface of the bone.


•Oxygen is carried around our bodies by red blood cells, which are made by the bone marrow.


•The smallest bone is in the ear. It is called the stirrup bone and is the size of half a grain of rice


•The biggest bone is in the leg. It is called the femur or thighbone.


•The strongest bone in the skeleton is the jawbone.


•Over half the bones in the skeleton are found in the hands and feet. The hand alone has 27 bones - in each one.


•A broken bone will take about 12 weeks to heal.


•Your skeleton increases about seven times in mass through your childhood, so this is the vital time for it to get plenty of bone building calcium.