Definition of Fontanelles

1. fontanelle [n] - See also: fontanelle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fontanelles

fonly
fonne
fonned
fonnes
fonning
fonofos
fons
fons honorum
font
font cartridge
font name
fontal
fontanel
fontanelle
fontanelles (current term)
fontanels
fontange
fontanges
fontanite
fontes honorum
fonticuli cranii
fonticulus
fonticulus anterior
fonticulus anterolateralis
fonticulus mastoideus
fonticulus posterior
fonticulus posterolateralis
fonticulus sphenoidalis
fontina

Literary usage of Fontanelles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The fontanelles. Before birth the bones at the vertex and side of the skull are ... Hence there are six fontanelles. Their formation is due to FIG. 44. ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"Hence there are six fontanelles. Their formation is due to and posterior ... The lateral fontanelles, the wave of ossification being circular and the bones ..."

3. A Compend of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Prescription Writing by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1887)
"What are the fontanelles ? They are 6 membranous intervals in the infant's skull, ... Lateral fontanelles, 4, two at the anterior inferior angles, ..."

4. A Compend of human anatomy, including the anatomy of viscera by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1890)
"What are the fontanelles ? They are 6 membranous intervals in the infant's skull, ... Lateral fontanelles, 4, two at the anterior inferior angles, ..."

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