The fontanel fuses through a process of intramembranous ossification. Most of the other bones in the body undergo intracartilaginous ossification. There are many bones that do this, in particular, one of them is the coxal bone, also called the OS coxa, and it starts out as three separate bones; ilium, ischium, and pubis.
Babies are born with six fontanels, or soft spots, on their skull. These fontanels allow for flexibility during birth and rapid brain growth in infancy. Over time, they gradually close as the baby's skull bones develop and fuse together.
A fetal skull has six fontanels: two anterior (sagittal and frontal) and four posterior (two squamous and two mastoid). These membranous gaps eventually close as the skull bones fuse together during infancy.
They gradually fuse, so that eventually there is no anterior fontanel (or posterior fontanel) either.
They fuse because of age.
You do not really 'lose' bones but some fuse together. Particularly the bones in the cranium.
because fetal bones fuse together
Yes, we are born with over 300 bones and some fuse together leaving 206 in adulthood. Examples are the scull, sacrum and coxyx.
they fuse together
Babies have more bones than adults but the only way this is, is because numerous bones the babies have are not yet fused together. For example, the skull of a baby is several different bones, after a while they fuse together to form the complete skull.
Puppies' bones typically finish fusing together by the time they are around 18 months old.
The three bones that fuse early in life are the sacrum, which is formed by the fusion of five sacral vertebrae, the ilium, and the ischium. Together, these bones form the pelvic girdle, which provides support and protection to the organs in the pelvic region.
206, although infants will have more - these extra bones will then fuse together as they grow.