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What is the four fontanels?

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When do fontanels fuse?

By about age four or five.


How many fontanels does a newborn have?

6 fontanels but 2 are very popular


What best describes the space between the cranial bones of a newborn?

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Why does the adult skuull lack fontanels?

Well, first of all.Fontanelsare spot spots in the skull that allows the skull to expand as the brain increases in size & also helps the fetal skull flex and squeeze through the birth canal during delivery. Adults lack fontanels because by the time you are an adult, your brain is already fully developed and by the age of four, most of the bones in the skull have ossified across the their fontanels.


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