While assessing the head of a healthy, full-term newborn, the nurse anticipates that the anterior fontanelle is:
A) Depressed and sunken
B) Triangular shaped
C) Smaller than the posterior fontanelle
D) Open and flat

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The anterior fontanel is diamond-shaped and is located at the junction of the two parietal and two frontal bones. It should not be raised or sunken, and it closes between 12 and 18 months of age.

While Assessing the Head of a Healthy, Full-Term Newborn, the Nurse