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posterior fontanelle

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A gap between bones in the skull at the junction of the sagittal suture and lambdoidal suture. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_fontanelle ]

Term info

Label

posterior fontanelle

Synonyms
  • fonticulus posterior
  • occipital fontanelle
  • posterior fontanelle of skull
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

latin term
fonticulus posterior

latin term
posterior fontanelle of skull

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Gray197.png

id

UBERON:0006683

taxon notes

In humans it generally closes in 6-8 weeks from birth. A delay in closure is associated with congential hypothyroidism

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