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At birth, many regions of the newborn's skull have not yet been converted to bone, leaving "soft spots" known as fontanels.So the baby's head is not hard but can be shaped after the birthcanal. That changes back later to normal headshape.
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∙ 9y agoFontanelles, or "soft spots". These are features of the infant skull that have soft gaps between the cranial bones. They allow for rapid stretching and deformation, since the brain expands faster than the surrounding bone can grow.
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∙ 11y agoMetopic Suture
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∙ 12y agoThe sagittal suture.
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∙ 12y agofontanels
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Between the skull bones there is a soft portion called Frontallea which will allow to compress during child birth.
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