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fontanel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fontanelle, soft spot |
| Type of | opening, porta, orifice |
| Has types | sphenoidal fontanelle, sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, anterior fontanelle |
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Fontanel Attractions owns the property with Oswald and Dale Morris as the majority partners.
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A tumor on my fontanel was treated with radium-tipped needles.
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His anterior fontanel bulged, and there was wide separation between the bones of all cranial sutures.
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The posterior fontanel usually closes by eight weeks, but the anterior fontanel can remain open up to eighteen months.
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The team placed a resorbable plate across the entire anterior fontanel and affixed the parietal and frontal bones firmly in place.
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Careful observation will show that you can count a baby's heart rate by observing his or her pulse pulsing softly through the anterior fontanel.
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Fontanel has been converted into a multi-use entertainment attraction that includes home tours, hiking trails, an amphitheater and a restaurant, and Dudney works as its hospitality director.
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The two largest are the diamond-shaped anterior fontanel, located at the top front portion of the head, and the smaller triangular-shaped posterior fontanel, which lies at the back of the head.
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- Fontanelle: any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
- A fontanelle (or fontanel) is an anatomical feature on an infant's skull.
- Alternative spelling of fontanelle
- (Fontanels) The soft spots on a baby's skull, present at birth.
- (fontanels) Membranous areas in the human cranial bones that do not form bony structures until the child is 14 to 18 months old; know as "soft spots."
- A membrane-covered opening in the skull of an infant or young toddler.
- The soft spot on a baby's skull where the bones have not yet grown firmly together.
- The soft spots found between the cranial bones of an infant's skull. These spots allow the baby's head to compress slightly during passage through the birth canal.
- In the fetus, an unossified space or soft spot consisting of a strong band of connective tissue lying between the cranial bones of the skull.
