Der Begriff Fontanelle (altfranz. „kleine Quelle“) wird heute vorwiegend als medizinisch-anatomischer Begriff gebraucht. Fontanelle bezeichnet dabei den ...

A fontanelle (or fontanel) (colloquially, soft spot) is an anatomical feature of the infant human skull comprising soft membranous gaps (sutures) between ...

The sutures remain flexible during infancy, allowing the skull to expand as the brain grows. The largest fontanel is at the front (anterior). Share · Tweet ...

Fontanel, soft spot in the skull of an infant, covered with tough, fibrous membrane. There are six such spots at the junctions of the cranial bones; ...

The meaning of FONTANEL is a membrane-covered opening in bone or between bones; specifically : any of the spaces closed by membranous structures between the ...

24.01.2023 · In an infant, the space where 2 sutures join forms a membrane-covered "soft spot" called a fontanelle (fontanel). The fontanelles allow for ...

In an infant, the spaces where sutures intersect but don't completely touch is called the soft spot, a membrane covered area also called a fontanelle (fontanel ...

Fontanelles are soft spots on your baby's head where the skull bones have not yet completely fused together. · Fontanelles are completely normal and important ...

Third Fontanel. Uniquely, a third fontanelle between the anterior and posterior fontanelles correlates with certain conditions like Down syndrome and ...