Preferred Name |
posterior fontanelle |
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Synonyms |
occipital fontanelle fonticulus posterior posterior fontanelle of skull |
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Definitions |
A gap between bones in the skull at the junction of the sagittal suture and lambdoidal suture. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006683 |
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connects | ||
database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Posterior_fontanelle EMAPA:19200 SCTID:244681005 FMA:75440 |
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definition |
A gap between bones in the skull at the junction of the sagittal suture and lambdoidal suture. |
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depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Gray197.png |
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has exact synonym |
occipital fontanelle fonticulus posterior posterior fontanelle of skull |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0006683 |
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in_subset | ||
label |
posterior fontanelle |
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notation |
UBERON:0006683 |
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prefLabel |
posterior fontanelle |
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taxon_notes |
In humans it generally closes in 6-8 weeks from birth. A delay in closure is associated with congential hypothyroidism |
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subClassOf |
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