SPHENOID FONTANELLE
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Sphenoid Fontanelle.
Sphenoid Fontanelle - as a noun
The irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
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"The sphenoid fontanelle is one of the soft spots on a baby's skull."
"Doctors use the size and shape of the sphenoid fontanelle to assess a baby's development."
"The sphenoid fontanelle usually closes by the age of two."
"The sphenoid fontanelle allows the skull to be more flexible during birth."
"A bulging sphenoid fontanelle can be a sign of increased pressure in the skull."
