Lawerence Aydelott
Lawerence Aydelott voted up Anonymous' answer

Here they are.

They actually don't go anywhere. Through a process called "ossification", the extra tough cartilage membranes (resembling soft bones) that babies are born with, eventually fuse with the surrounding bones around them and become the larger adult bones.

Babies are born with the extra bones so they can pass through the birth canal. … Read more

Lawerence Aydelott
Lawerence Aydelott voted up Anonymous' answer

Here they are.

They actually don't go anywhere. Through a process called "ossification", the extra tough cartilage membranes (resembling soft bones) that babies are born with, eventually fuse with the surrounding bones around them and become the larger adult bones.

Babies are born with the extra bones so they can pass through the birth canal. … Read more