 Cranial Fontanelles
"Cranial Fontanelles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Any of six membrane-covered openings between the CRANIAL SUTURES in the incompletely ossified skull of the fetus or newborn infant. The fontanelles normally close sometime after birth.
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D055762
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.175
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| Concept/Terms |
Cranial Fontanelles- Cranial Fontanelles
- Cranial Fontanelle
- Fontanelle, Cranial
- Fontanelles, Cranial
- Cranial Fontanel
- Cranial Fontanels
- Fontanel, Cranial
- Fontanels, Cranial
Sphenoidal Fontanelle- Sphenoidal Fontanelle
- Fontanelle, Sphenoidal
- Fontanelles, Sphenoidal
- Sphenoidal Fontanelles
- Sphenoidal Fontanel
- Fontanel, Sphenoidal
- Fontanels, Sphenoidal
- Sphenoidal Fontanels
Posterior Fontanelle- Posterior Fontanelle
- Fontanelle, Posterior
- Fontanelles, Posterior
- Posterior Fontanelles
- Posterior Fontanel
- Fontanel, Posterior
- Fontanels, Posterior
- Posterior Fontanels
Anterior Fontanelle- Anterior Fontanelle
- Anterior Fontanelles
- Fontanelle, Anterior
- Fontanelles, Anterior
- Anterior Fontanel
- Anterior Fontanels
- Fontanel, Anterior
- Fontanels, Anterior
Mastoid Fontanelle- Mastoid Fontanelle
- Fontanelle, Mastoid
- Fontanelles, Mastoid
- Mastoid Fontanelles
- Mastoid Fontanel
- Fontanel, Mastoid
- Fontanels, Mastoid
- Mastoid Fontanels
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cranial Fontanelles" by people in Profiles.
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Jackson J, Delk P, Farrow E, Griffith C, Lah M, Weaver DD. An infant with large fontanelles, aplasia cutis congenita, tessier facial cleft, polydactyly inversus, and toe syndactyly: a previously undescribed syndrome? Am J Med Genet A. 2015 Apr; 167A(4):683-7.
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