Which of the following is NOT true of the fontanels?
A) They are sometimes called "soft spots."
B) They are areas of incomplete ossification in the skull of an infant.
C) They occur between the flat bones of the skull, the vertebrae, and the long bones of the upper and lower limbs.
D) They allow for cranial compression during childbirth, and rapid brain development after birth.
E) All of these are true of the fontanels.
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Q2: Which of the following fontanels are paired,
Q3: Intramembranous bones develop by replacement of a
Q4: The facial part of an adult skull
Q5: The largest fontanel is the _ fontanel.
A)sphenoidal
B)mastoid
C)ethmoid
D)anterior
E)posterior
Q6: All of the fontanels close by the
Q7: Which of the following fontanels involve(s)the occipital
Q8: Since embryonic and fetal development progress from
Q9: All of the following bones develop by
Q10: By the time a human reaches young
Q11: All of the fontanels of the fetal/infant
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