Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Fontanelle ====== A fontanelle (or fontanel) (colloquially, soft spot) is an anatomical feature of the infant human skull comprising any of the soft membranous gaps (sutures) between the cranial bones that make up the calvaria of a fetus or an infant. Fontanelles allow for rapid stretching and deformation of the neurocranium as the brain expands faster than the surrounding bone can grow. Tense fontanelle in a [[newborn]] is an acute presentation of [[periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage]] fontanelle.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:55by 127.0.0.1