fontanel, fontanelle
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(fŏn″tă-nĕl′)

[Fr. fontanelle, little fountain]
Any of the tough, fibrous membranes lying between the bones of the cranial vault of a fetus or infant. Fontanels, colloquially known as soft spots, allow an infant's skull to be compressed during passage through the birth canal. The fontanels ossify generally by age two.
FONTANELS OF INFANT SKULL
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(fŏn″tă-nĕl′)

[Fr. fontanelle, little fountain]
Any of the tough, fibrous membranes lying between the bones of the cranial vault of a fetus or infant. Fontanels, colloquially known as soft spots, allow an infant's skull to be compressed during passage through the birth canal. The fontanels ossify generally by age two.
FONTANELS OF INFANT SKULL
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Fontanel, Fontanelle." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756000/all/fontanel__fontanelle.
Fontanel, fontanelle. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756000/all/fontanel__fontanelle. Accessed March 31, 2023.
Fontanel, fontanelle. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756000/all/fontanel__fontanelle
Fontanel, Fontanelle [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 31]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/756000/all/fontanel__fontanelle.
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