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fontanel

DEFINITIONS OF: fontanel

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n any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus

Synonyms:
fontanelle, soft spot
Types:
anterior fontanelle
corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified
sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle
the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
Type of:
opening, orifice, porta
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
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