loading...| Preferred Name | fontanelle | |
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fonticuli cranii fontanelles fontanel fontanels |
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| Definitions |
Anatomical structure that is a membranous gap between bones of the skull[TAO]. In humans: 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 ossification of the bones of the skull cause the fontanelles to close over by a child's second birthday. The closures eventually form the sutures of the neurocranium. Although there are the two anterior and posterior fontanelles, there are two more fontanelles of interest, the mastoid fontanelle, and the sphenoidal fontanelle[WP]. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002221 |
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UMLS:C0224548 TAO:0001738 ZFA:0005536 SCTID:272681004 NCIT:C32621 Wikipedia:Fontanelle FMA:75438 MA:0001465 |
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| definition |
Anatomical structure that is a membranous gap between bones of the skull[TAO]. In humans: 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 ossification of the bones of the skull cause the fontanelles to close over by a child's second birthday. The closures eventually form the sutures of the neurocranium. Although there are the two anterior and posterior fontanelles, there are two more fontanelles of interest, the mastoid fontanelle, and the sphenoidal fontanelle[WP]. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Gray197.png |
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| external_definition |
Anatomical structure that is a membranous gap between bones of the skull.[TAO] |
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fontanelles fontanel fontanels |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
fonticuli cranii |
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| id |
UBERON:0002221 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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| label |
fontanelle |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002221 |
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fontanelle |
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