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• Fontanel (fontanelle) — The word fontanel comes from the French fontaine for fountain. The medical term fontanel is a "soft spot" of the skull. The "soft spot" is soft precisely because the cartilage there has not yet hardened into bone between the… …   Medical dictionary

• fontanel — /fon tn el /, n. Anat. one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull. Also, fontanelle. [1375 1425; late ME fontinel < MF fontanele little spring, dim. of fontaine FOUNTAIN] * * * or fontanelle One of six… …   Universalium

• fontanel — a gap between bones in the skull, closed by a membrane, where ossification of cartilage or connective tissue did not occur. Commonly found on top of the skull between the frontal bones (anterior fontanel) and between the parietal bones (posterior …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• fontanelle — One of several membranous intervals at the margins of the cranial bones in the infant. See cranial fontanelles. SYN: fonticulus. [Fr. dim. of fontaine, fountain, spring] anterior f. [NA] a diamond shaped membranous interval at the junction of the …   Medical dictionary

• Congenital hypothyroidism — Classification and external resources ICD 10 E00, E03.0, E03.1 …   Wikipedia

• Infant — Baby redirects here. For other uses, see Baby (disambiguation). Newborn redirects here. For the song by Muse, see New Born. For the moth, see Infant (moth). An infant sleeping …   Wikipedia

• Vertex — The top of the head. In a vertex presentation, the top of the baby’s head comes first at delivery. The word "vertex" in Latin means a "whirlpool, whirlwind, top of the mountain, or the top of the head." Why "top of… …   Medical dictionary

• lambda — 1. The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet, λ. 2. The craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures. * * * lamb·da lam də n 1) the point of junction of the sagittal and lambdoid sutures of the skull 2) PHAGE LAMBDA * * * …   Medical dictionary

• joint — /joynt/, n. 1. the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. 2. a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with… …   Universalium

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• Fontanelle — A fontanelle (or fontanel) is an anatomical feature on an infant s skull. Fontanelles are soft spots on a baby s head which, during birth, enable the bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the child s head to pass through the birth canal. The …   Wikipedia