Fontanelle or Fontanel is the soft spot of an infant human skull between the cranial bones. The posterior fontanel closes on the first few months of life.
Fontanel means "soft spot"; fate.
The posterior fontanel would be in the back of the head. The coronal fontanel would be located in another part of the brain.
Anterior (frontal) Fontanel Posterior (occipital) Fontanel Anterolateral (sphenoid) Fontanel Posterolateral (mastoid) Fontanel
A fetal skulls fate is known as its soft spot. This can be seen up to 22-24 months in the baby's first years. The "fates" allows a baby's skull to be compressed during the birthing process, and to later grow during later pregnancy and early infancy.
Its called a fontanel
A fetal skull has six fontanels: two anterior (sagittal and frontal) and four posterior (two squamous and two mastoid). These membranous gaps eventually close as the skull bones fuse together during infancy.
two "spots" generally combine to make up the larger spot. they are the posterior fontanel and the anterior fontanel
The anterior fontanel is the most dorsal fontanel, located at the intersection of the sagittal suture and the coronal suture on the top of the skull.
They gradually fuse, so that eventually there is no anterior fontanel (or posterior fontanel) either.
Pierre Fontanel has written: 'Le sol canadien' -- subject(s): Geology
The cast of Fontanel - 2011 includes: Monk Dagelet as Koen Abbey Hoes as Linda
Babies are born with six fontanels, or soft spots, on their skull. These fontanels allow for flexibility during birth and rapid brain growth in infancy. Over time, they gradually close as the baby's skull bones develop and fuse together.