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Cranial Fontanelles
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Definition
: Any of six membrane-covered openings between the CRANIAL SUTURES in the incompletely ossified skull of the fetus or newborn infant. The fontanelles normally close sometime after birth.
Other names
Sphenoidal Fontanels; Sphenoidal Fontanelles; Posterior Fontanels; Posterior Fontanelles; Mastoid Fontanels; Mastoid Fontanelles; Fontanels, Sphenoidal; Fontanels, Posterior; Fontanels, Mastoid; Fontanels, Cranial; Fontanels, Anterior; Fontanelles, Sphenoidal; Fontanelles, Posterior; Fontanelles, Mastoid; Fontanelles, Cranial; Fontanelles, Anterior; Fontanelle, Sphenoidal; Fontanelle, Posterior; Fontanelle, Mastoid; Fontanelle, Cranial