frontal fontanelle
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Fontanelle — A fontanelle (or fontanel) is an anatomical feature on an infant s skull. Fontanelles are soft spots on a baby s head which, during birth, enable the bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the child s head to pass through the birth canal. The … Wikipedia
Fontanelle — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Fontanelle (homonymie). Les fontanelles sont des espaces membraneux séparant les différents os du crâne. L armature osseuse de la carapace des tortues présente également des fontanelles, de même nature… … Wikipédia en Français
fontanelle — One of several membranous intervals at the margins of the cranial bones in the infant. See cranial fontanelles. SYN: fonticulus. [Fr. dim. of fontaine, fountain, spring] anterior f. [NA] a diamond shaped membranous interval at the junction of the … Medical dictionary
fontanelle — n. an opening in the skull of a fetus or young infant due to incomplete ossification of the cranial bones and the resulting incomplete closure of the sutures. The anterior fontanelle occurs where the coronal, frontal, and sagittal sutures meet;… … The new mediacal dictionary
frontal gland — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Isoptera, a large median gland beneath the integument of the head in certain soldier termites, opening through the fontanelle or frontal pore, which produces secretions … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
frontal pore — see fontanelle … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Anterior fontanelle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = f. anterior GraySubject = 47 GrayPage = 196 Caption = Skull at birth, showing frontal and occipital fonticuli. Caption2 = Human anterior fontanelle 1 month System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
Posterior fontanelle — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = f. posterior GraySubject = 47 GrayPage = 196 Caption = Skull at birth, showing frontal and occipital fonticuli. Caption2 = System = Precursor = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = f 12 DorlandsSuf =… … Wikipedia
sphenoid fontanelle — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
sphenoidal fontanelle — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
