What Are the Major Bones in the Human Body?
Adults have 206 bones. Babies are born with about 300 bones, but many fuse together as the baby grows. According to St. Louis University’s Practical Anatomy and Surgical Education Center, there are four types of bone: long bones, which are strong, compact and slightly curved; short bones, which are spongy; flat bones, which consist of layers of compact and spongy bone; and irregular bones, which contain various proportions of compact and spongy bone. These main types of bones, connected by joints, make up the human skeleton.
