Fetal Skull Fontanels. A fontanelle fontanel or soft spot is an anatomical feature of a baby s skull. A baby has six fontanelles that consist of membranous tissue in the areas where certain adult skull sutures are found. Premature complete ossification of the sutures is called craniosynostosis. Ninja nerds join us in this video where we show the fetal skull fontanelles through the use of a model.
Those at the sides of the head are irregularly shaped and located at the unions of the sphenoid. Fontanelles allow the skull to pass through the birth canal and also provide a means of expansion as the brain grows. During fetal life and early childhood the skull bones are joined by palpable membrane rather than tight fitting suture because it is relatively easy for skull bone to move and overlaps during birth. The anteroposterior diameter which may engage are suboccipitobregmatic 9 5 cm the diameter from below the occiput protuberance to the center of anterior fontanelle or bregma. Diameters of the fetal skull. Fetal skull anatomy is also characterized by the presence of soft membranous areas called fontanelles soft spots that eventually become sutures in an adult skull.
The anteroposterior diameter which may engage are suboccipitobregmatic 9 5 cm the diameter from below the occiput protuberance to the center of anterior fontanelle or bregma.
There are 2 fontanelles the space between the bones of an infant s skull where the sutures intersect that are covered by tough membranes that protect the underlying soft tissues and brain. Fontanelles allow the skull to pass through the birth canal and also provide a means of expansion as the brain grows. Skull contains 29 bones except for mandible ear ossicles and hyoid bone all other skull bones are joined by suture. A fontanelle fontanel or soft spot is an anatomical feature of a baby s skull. The anteroposterior diameter which may engage are suboccipitobregmatic 9 5 cm the diameter from below the occiput protuberance to the center of anterior fontanelle or bregma. Diameters of the fetal skull.