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Activity 6: Examining the Fetal Skull

front 1

1. Are the same skull bones seen in the adult also found in the fetal skull?

2. What is particular about the frontal bone in fetal and adult skulls.

back 1

1. Yes.

2. The frontal bone in fetal skulls is bipartite whereas the adult skull consists of a single bone.

front 2

1. How does the size of the fetal face compare to its cranium?

2. How big are the maxilla and mandible?

back 2

1. Face is a lot smaller than cranium.

2. Maxilla and mandible are very tiny.

front 3

How does this compare to the adult skull?

back 3

In adult skull, cranium is proportionately smaller and facial skeleton is proportionally longer.

front 4

What is the most obvious difference between fetal and adult skeletons, specifically concerning the skull?

back 4

Huge size of the fetal skull relative to the rest of the skeleton.

front 5

Describe the bones at birth.

back 5

They are incompletely formed.

front 6

The incomplete skull bones at birth are connected by what?

back 6

Fontanelles

front 7

What are fontanelles?

back 7

Fibrous membranes.

front 8

Fontanelles allow the fetal skull to be ____ during birth and allows for ____ in the fetus and infant?

back 8

1. Allow fetal skull to be compressed slightly during birth

2. Allow for brain growth in the fetus and infant

front 9

When do the fontanelles completely ossify?

back 9

When the child is 1.5 to 2 years old.

front 10

Some of the cranial bones have conical protrusions. What are these?

back 10

Ossification centers.

front 11

In a fetal skull, what is peculiar about the frontal bone?

back 11

It is still bipartite.

front 12

In a fetal skull, what is peculiar about the temporal bone?

back 12

It is incompletely ossified.

front 13

Identify the missing features.

back 13

front 14

Identify the missing features.

back 14

front 15

Identify the missing features.

back 15

front 16

Identify the missing features.

back 16