Characteristics of an infant cranium (emphasis on fontanels and their closing age).

1. Soft spots on a baby's head which, during birth, enable the bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the child's head to pass through the birth canal.

a)      Sutures

b)     Fontanels

c)      Articulations

d)     Meninges

2. Match the following fontanels with the closing age.

_d__ Anterior                           a. 2-3 months

_a__Posterior                           b. 6-18 months

__c_Sphenoidal                        c.  6 months

__b_Mastoid                            d. 18-24 months

3. The much larger, diamond-shaped _______________ fontanel, where the two frontal and two parietal bones join and generally remains open until the child is about two years of age

a)      Sphenoidal

b)     Posterior

c)      Anterior

d)     Mastoid