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fontanel
(redirected from soft spot)

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fontanel (fŏn`tənĕl'): see skull skull, the skeletal structure of the head, composed of the facial and cranial bones. The skull houses and protects the brain and most of the chief sense organs; i.e., the eyes, ears, nose, and tongue.
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fontanel

 or fontanelle

One of six soft spots at the junctions (sutures) of the cranial bones in an infant's skull, covered with tough, fibrous membrane. They allow molding of the head during birth. Some close by three months, others after a year, and still others by two years.


fontanelle (chiefly US), fontanel
Anatomy any of several soft membranous gaps between the bones of the skull in a fetus or infant


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