Infants have two soft openings within the skull called fontanels. These will usually close completely by about the 18 month of age.
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.
The posterior fontanel would be in the back of the head. The coronal fontanel would be located in another part of the brain.
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.
Anterior (frontal) Fontanel Posterior (occipital) Fontanel Anterolateral (sphenoid) Fontanel Posterolateral (mastoid) Fontanel
This one closes fairly early, usually by the time the baby is 2 months.
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two "spots" generally combine to make up the larger spot. they are the posterior fontanel and the anterior fontanel
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 anterior fontanel is the most dorsal fontanel, located at the intersection of the sagittal suture and the coronal suture on the top of the skull.
They gradually fuse, so that eventually there is no anterior fontanel (or posterior fontanel) either.
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