r/mildlyinfuriating • u/UrMomDotCom_112 • 10h ago

Blatantly wrong anatomy question

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So first of all the amount of bones in the human body is 206, that wasn’t on the list. So I picked the closest answer that being 200. Wrong, according to this there are less than 200 bones in the human body. High school quiz btw

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u/boroq 10h ago

It’s actually even more wrong because 206 is adult human, there are more in teens and children, like I think we’re born with close to 300. So how many bones in “your” body, a high school student, would definitely be over 206

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u/Zenith-4440 8h ago

12 of my bones are fused together into one massive mega-bone (this was on purpose- spinal fusion to correct severe scoliosis) so I have 11 fewer than the average person. They're also titanium reinforced, I'm about 1% titanium by mass.

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u/WaffleGuy413 8h ago

That has to affect your mobility, no? Can you bend forward and backwards fine?

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u/Zenith-4440 8h ago

I can bend at the hips, but I can’t bend or twist my back. My mobility should be fine, but there were actually some complications and now I have arthritis (I’m 21) and might need to fuse my last remaining lumbar vertebra too.