Posterior fontanelle

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Posterior fontanelle
Skull at birth, showing frontal and occipital fonticuli.
Latin	f. posterior
Gray's	subject #47 196
Dorlands/Elsevier	f_12/12372487

The posterior fontanelle (or occipital fontanelle) is triangular in form and is situated at the junction of the sagittal suture and lambdoidal suture. It generally closes within 6-8 weeks from birth.

[edit] See also

• Lambda (anatomy)

[edit] External links

• NIC25 at FPnotebook
• -1684406221 at GPnotebook

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v • d • e Bones of head and neck: cranial sutures, fontanelles, and related regions Cranial sutures Cranial: Frontoethmoidal - Frontal or Metopic (Frontal/Frontal) - Coronal (Frontal/Parietal) - Occipitomastoid (Occipital/Temporal) - Lambdoid (Parietal/Temporal) - Sagittal (Parietal/Parietal) - Sphenoethmoidal - Sphenofrontal - Sphenoparietal - Sphenosquamosal (Sphenoid/Temporal) - Sphenopetrosal (Sphenoid/Temporal) -Squamosal (Temporal/Parietal) - Petrosquamous (Temporal/Temporal) Facial: Palatomaxillary suture Cranial-facial: Sphenozygomatic - Zygomaticotemporal - Zygomaticofrontal Fontanelles Anterior fontanelle - Posterior fontanelle - Sphenoidal fontanelle - Mastoid fontanelle Foramina of multiple bones Inferior orbital fissure - Foramen lacerum - Jugular foramen - Nasolacrimal canal Fossae Anterior cranial fossa - Middle cranial fossa - Posterior cranial fossa - Cranial cavity Other compound structures Cranial: Asterion - Pterion - Calvaria - Stephanion - Bregma - Lambda Facial: Nasion Cranial-facial: Dacryon - Zygomatic arch - Temporal fossa - Infratemporal fossa - Pterygomaxillary fissure - Pterygopalatine fossa