any of several soft membranous gaps between the bones of the skull in a fetus or infant
Word origin
C16 (in the sense: hollow between muscles): from Old French fontanele, literally: a little spring, from fontainefountain
Examples of 'fontanelle' in a sentence
fontanelle
She presented with a full fontanelle, splayed sutures, and macrocephaly.
Paulson David, Hwang Steven W, Whitehead William E, Curry Daniel J, Luerssen ThomasG, Jea Andrew 2012, 'Aqueductal developmental venous anomaly as an unusual cause of congenital hydrocephalus:a case report and review of the literature', Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/6/1/7. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Delayed closure of the anterior fontanelle and of metopic sutures causes frontal bossing.
S Manoj Kumar, Chandra Mouli, P Mahesh Kumar, S Kailasam 2012, 'Cleidocranial dysplasia in son and father: Report of two rare cases with review ofliterature', Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiologyhttp://www.jiaomr.in/article.asp?issn=0972-1363;year=2012;volume=24;issue=2;spage=158;epage=161;aulast=Kumar. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pediatricians should routinely assess neurological status and measure head circumference and anterior fontanelle.
Skoric Jasmina 2014, 'Early diagnosis of craniosynostosis in infants at primary health care', Sanamedhttp://sanamed.rs/sanamed_pdf/sanamed_9_3/Skoric_Jasmina.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Examination included assessment of head circumference, anterior fontanelle size, weight, length.
Mahmoodreza Ashrafy, Neda Rashidiranjbar, Hamideh Shajari 2011, 'Anterior Fontanelle Size in Healthy Iranian Neonates on the First Day of Life', Acta Medica Iranicahttp://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/19358.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The clinical symptoms included loss of appetite, irritability, fever, seizures, and a bulging anterior fontanelle.
Khalit S. Khaertynov, Vladimir A. Anokhin, Yuri N. Davidyuk, Irina V. Nicolaeva, SvetlanaV. Khalioullina, Dina R. Semyenova, Evgeny Y. Alatyrev, Natalia N. Skvortsova, LevonG. Abrahamyan 2017, 'Case of Meningitis in a Neonate Caused by an Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-ProducingStrain of Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01576/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This object may have penetrated during early infanthood before closure of anterior fontanelle.
Sévérien Muneza, MMed, Marie Jeanne Nduwamariya, GN-A2, François Niyonsaba, MD, PhD 2015, 'Incidentally detected intracranial sewing needle in a child—A case report', Interdisciplinary Neurosurgeryhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751914000589. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Usually, the presenting complaints are open anterior fontanelle and dental abnormalities.
Priyanka Minocha, Anita Choudhary, Sadasivan Sitaraman 2017, 'Cleidocranial dysplasia: A rare case report', Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://www.jmedscindmc.com/article.asp?issn=1011-4564;year=2017;volume=37;issue=3;spage=110;epage=112;aulast=Minocha. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mean size of anterior fontanelle was 3.10 ± 0.66 cm for males, and 2.88 ± 0.57 cm for females.
Mohammed Oumer, Edengenet Guday, Alemayehu Teklu, Abebe Muche 2018, 'Anterior fontanelle size among term neonates on the first day of life born at Universityof Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6203250?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)