Bones, Bones and even more Bones!

In an article from Kid's Healthcare, it says that the average of bones in an adult human body is about 206 bones but in a baby, the body would be about nearly 300 bones. This fact can tell that the baby body would be more flexible than a human body.

But how does this make sense? Let's figure it out! Since babies grow, their bodies grow too. This means "baby’s bones will fuse together, which means the actual number of bones will decrease"(James Roland). By understanding this we know that overtime a baby's body would eventually stop growing which would be around in their young adulthood age (Late 20's). 

In the video "The Skeleton Book: Why does a baby have more bones than an adult?" explains exactly what the title tells. Which tells how baby bones are fused together as they get older. Also, the doctor within this video explains that baby bones aren't actually real bones but mostly made of cartilage.

To take another look at this video, we can see that this video appeal would be a type of friendly and informative aspect. Another thing to note would be that the target audience of this would be healthcare students. To explain a little bit more the scenes within the two minutes of this visual show a doctor and a display of a skeleton model. Which can make a good impact on what we are learning within the visual.

To understand this video better we can also rely upon the W.O.V.E.N method which is a method that includes a written, oral, visual, electronic, and also nonverbal point of view. From viewing the video a written portion would be the text that said "Why does a baby have more bones than an adult?" and also the other text that showed "Jamie, aged 9". From this, we can infer that this text had a logo aspect since this was the video that was all about and from whom was this question from. An oral view would be how the doctor of the video was telling us of how the human body functions and we can also see the effect of logos on this matter. Visual would be the skeleton display since we are seeing the doctor demonstrating where and how the bones would be fused together. Another aspect to consider would be electronic since the only way to view this video would be on the internet and also the editing of it. And lastly the nonverbal we can consider the hand movements would be part of the nonverbal aspect since it demonstrated the skeleton display.


In my personal opinion, I can stand by this fact since I do have younger brothers. I remember a time where one of them fell by accident and they recovered really quickly. Rather than one of my friends who also broke one their arms took many months.

“7 Ways Kid Bones Are Different From Adult Bones | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.” Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, www.choa.org/medical-services/wellness-and-preventive-care/parent-resources/all/7-ways-kid-bones-are-different-from-adult-bones. Accessed 25 Feb. 2020.

Roland, James. “How Many Bones Are Babies Born With and Why Do They Have More Than Adults?” Healthline, Healthline Media, 26 June 2019, /health/how-many-bones-does-a-baby-have. Accessed 25 Feb. 2020.

“The Skeleton Book: Why Does a Baby Have More Bones than an Adult?” YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMghmH302C8. Accessed 10 Mar. 2020.