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How many fontanels does a newborn have?

A newborn typically has six fontanels, which are soft spots on their skull where the sutures have not fully closed yet. These fontanels allow for the baby's head to be flexible during childbirth and to accommodate the rapid brain growth during the first few years of life.


What age do the fontanels fuse?

two years


How do fontanels affect the newborn's appearance?

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When do fontanels fuse?

By about age four or five.


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.


What is the difference between a dorsal fin and other fins?

A dorsal fin is the one on the top of the fishes back.


How might the fontanels be used to estimate intracranial pressure?

Fontanels are soft spots on a baby's skull where the bones have not yet fused. By feeling the tension or bulging of the fontanels, healthcare providers can get an indirect estimate of intracranial pressure. If the fontanels are tense and bulging, it could indicate increased intracranial pressure, while sunken fontanels may indicate dehydration or decreased intracranial pressure.


Do dolphins have a dorsal nerve cord?

Yes, dolphins have a dorsal nerve cord. The dorsal nerve cord is an embryonic feature unique to chordates. Is it hollow and most mammals have one.


How many fontanels in a fetal skeleton?

4 or more


How many Fontanels does fetal skull have?

4 or more


How many fontanels has a fetal skull?

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.


Is the crayfish most vulnerable to to its enemies from the dorsal or ventral side?

ventral, i think...