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skull of a newborn, ridged sutures, ridged sutures, an overlap, the bony plates, the skull, premature closure, skull of an infant, young child is made up of bony plates that allow, growth, the skull, borders at which these plates intersect, sutures, suture lines, in an infant only a few minutes old, pressure from delivery compresses the head, making the bony plates overlap, sutures, creating a small ridge, normal finding of newborns, next few days the head expands, overlapping disappears, edges, the bony plates meet edge to edge, the normal position, ridging, the suture line, the bony plates fuse together prematurely, happens, growth, along that particular suture line ceases, premature closure generally leads to an unusually shaped skull, premature closure, the sagittal suture, scaphocephaly, produces a long, narrow head, premature closure, the coronal suture leads to a short, wide head, normal ridging, due to overlap of bony plates after birth, resolves spontaneously, congenital craniosynostosis, crouzon's syndrome, apert's syndrome, carpenter's syndrome, pfeiffer syndrome, home care depends on the condition causing the premature closure of sutures , a ridge, along the suture line of child's head, think that child has an abnormal head shape, medical history, a physical examination performed, medical history, ridged sutures in detail, did first notice that the skull seemed to have ridges, what, the fontanelles, soft spots, look, have the fontanelles closed, at what age did they close, how has child's development been progressing, begin, an examination, the skull, ridging exists, does, x-rays, scans, the skull obtained to verify premature closure, the sutures, health care provider keeps records from routine examinations, find it helpful to maintain own records, the development, want to bring these records to health care provider's attention, unusual, related to ridged sutures.