Fontanelle or Fontanel is the soft spot of an infant human skull between the cranial bones. The posterior fontanel closes on the first few months of life.
The posterior fontanel is located at the back of the head where the parietal and occipital bones meet in a newborn baby. It typically closes by the time the baby is 2 months old.
This one closes fairly early, usually by the time the baby is 2 months.
The fontanel between the parietal and occipital bones is the posterior fontanelle, also known as the lambda fontanelle. It is typically smaller and closes earlier than the anterior fontanelle.
The posterior fontanel would be in the back of the head. The coronal fontanel would be located in another part of the brain.
Anterior (frontal) Fontanel Posterior (occipital) Fontanel Anterolateral (sphenoid) Fontanel Posterolateral (mastoid) Fontanel
Fontanel means "soft spot"; fate.
Its called a fontanel
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.
two "spots" generally combine to make up the larger spot. they are the posterior fontanel and the anterior fontanel
The anterior fontanelle was soft at birth as this allows the baby's head to exit the birth canal safely. As the baby gets older, the fontanelle closes and hardens to a normal skull.
A fetal skulls fate is known as its soft spot. This can be seen up to 22-24 months in the baby's first years. The "fates" allows a baby's skull to be compressed during the birthing process, and to later grow during later pregnancy and early infancy.