cranial sutures…

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skull of a newborn, fontanelles, fontanelles, sutures, cranial, fontanelles are spaces between the cranial bones, a part of normal development, anterior, posterior, sphenoid, mastoid fontanelles close on own, a part of normal growth, cranial sutures, fibrous bands of tissue that connect the bones, the skull, an infant's skull is composed of 6 separate cranial bones, frontal bone, occipital bone, 2 parietal bones, 2 temporal bones, bones, held together by strong, fibrous, elastic tissues, cranial sutures, spaces between the bones, sutures, "soft spots", fontanels, anterior fontanel, posterior fontanel, cranial bones remain separate, approximately 12-18 months, grow together, fuse, remain fused throughout adulthood, fibers, sutures, spaces between the cranial bones, fontanels, the infant's brain growth, childbirth, flexibility, the fibers allows the bones to overlap edges, head, pass, the birth canal, compressing, damaging the infant's brain, infancy, childhood, flexibility, the fibers allows the rapid growth, the brain, constriction protecting the brain from minor impacts, head, the infant is learning, hold his head up, roll over, sit up, the flexibility, the sutures, fontanels, child's brain would be constricted, the cranial bones, could not grow adequately, child would suffer brain damage, feeling the cranial sutures, fontanels is one way that physicians, nurses determine the child's growth, able to assess the pressure, the brain by feeling the tension, the fontanels, fontanels should feel flat, firm, bulging fontanels indicate increased pressure, the brain, in this case, investigation, imaging techniques ct scan, mri scan is warranted, surgery necessary to relieve the increased pressure, sunken, depressed fontanels indicate dehydration.