fontanel

1. Any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus (synset 105552845)
   is a type of: opening, orifice, porta - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
   subtypes:

   • anterior fontanelle - corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified
   • sphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoidal fontanelle - the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
   is a part of:

   • child's body - the body of a human child
   • braincase, brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain
   same as: fontanelle, soft spot

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