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fontanel

NOUN
  1. any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus

How To Use fontanel In A Sentence

  • The sutures are, in effect, grooves between the bones of the skull and the fontanelles are small areas where the sutures meet.
  • Enough fluid should be removed to soften the fontanel, usually 10 to 15 ml.
  • Between the ages 7 to 20 months the fontanelle, temples and back of head are particularly vulnerable when an infant is learning to walk.
  • This cup placement maintains flexion of the fetal head and avoids traction over the anterior fontanelle.
  • An additional fontanelle is sometimes seen in the sagittal suture at the region of the obelion. II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull
  • I think of the fontanel, the soft spot and the crown chakra, this baby still half in the other world.
  • This cup placement maintains flexion of the fetal head and avoids traction over the anterior fontanelle.
  • The sutures are, in effect, grooves between the bones of the skull and the fontanelles are small areas where the sutures meet.
  • We in Fontanellato were not afraid because we thought that apart from houses and farms we had nothing worth bombing.
  • At a time when the Church was desperate to believe that Earth was the centre of the universe, pluralist de Fontanelle delighted in a contrary concept.
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