Pale, depressed spot on front of head of certain termites (Skaife, 1979); small gland orifice or opening (Fuller, 1915).
The “soft spots” located at the top and back of the baby's head where the bones of the skull have not fused together. These soft areas allows for the molding of the baby's head as it passes through the birth canal and gradually disappears as the child grows older. The posterior (back of the head) fontanelle usually closes by three months of age. The anterior (top of the head) fontenelle usually closes by 12 months of age.
soft spot on skull of new-born babies.
Unossified gap between cranial bones.
Soft spots on a baby's head which disappear as the bones grow together
French diminutive of Latin fons = fountain, associated with the palpable pulsation of the brain in the anterior fontanelle of an infant.
The soft spots on baby's head where the skull has not fused together; at birth a baby has a fontanelle on both the top and back of the head; the back one closes quickly, and the top one takes up to 18 months
A soft spot in the skull of an infant formed by the normal separation between the bony plates of the skull.
membranous space in an infant's skull, at angles with the parietal bones (from the Latin fontanella, " little fountain").
any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
A soft spot on a baby’s head, where the skull has yet to fuse together.
area of the skull not covered by bone in the newborn.
the "soft spot" on the forehead; it represents the region where the bony plates of the skull join. to the top
A tough membranous space between cranial (skull) bones in fetal life and infancy.
Area where the patent sutures meet in a baby's skull prior to growth and subsequent fusion
the soft spots lying between the cranial bones of the skull of a newborn.
The soft spots on a baby's head where the bones of the skull have not fused together. At birth a baby has a fontanelle on both the top and back of the head.
the baby’s “soft spot.
Normal openings in the skull of infants; the largest of these is the anterior fontanel or "soft spot" in the middle of the head.
A soft area on the baby's head where the skull bones do not fully join together until about 18 months.
Fontanelles are soft spots on a baby's head which, during birth, enable the soft bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the head to pass through the birth canal. Fontanelles are usually completely hardened by a child's second birthday.
The soft spots on the top of the baby's head, where the bones of the skull have not yet joined together.
a space covered by tough membranes between the bones of an infantâ€(tm)s cranium.
space between the bones at the top of a baby's skull
One of several "soft spots" on the skull where the developing bones of the skull have yet to fuse.
One of two 'soft spots' between the unfused sections of the baby's skull. These spots may allow the baby's head to compress slightly during passage through the birth canal.
In human anatomy, a fontanelle (or fontanel) is one of two "soft spots" on a newborn human's skull. There are, however, two more fontanelles of interest, the mastoid fontanelle, and the sphenoidal fontanelle.