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Definition of Anterior fontanelle
1. Noun. Corresponds to the bregma when bones have ossified.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anterior Fontanelle
Literary usage of Anterior fontanelle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"In this manner, the sagittal suture running transversely, and the anterior
fontanelle low down, the head passes into ihe pelvis. As soon as the contracted ..."
2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The anterior fontanelle is the largest, and corresponds to the junction of the
sagittal ... Sometimes the anterior fontanelle remains open beyond two years, ..."
3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1864)
"Turned the anterior fontanelle backwards, and waited for another pain. ...
Felt anterior fontanelle near coccyx, and right ear at pubes. ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1882)
"feeling carefully all round and coming upon the anterior fontanelle, the true
nature of the case became manifest. This sketch will help to illustrate the ..."
5. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"Following the sagittal suture back from the posterior fontanelle, the finger may
reach the large, soft anterior fontanelle. If the head is well flexed, ..."
6. A Manual of Obstetrics by Albert Freeman Africanus King (1907)
"... positions of the occiput (right or left, as the case may be) ; or the anterior
fontanelle in posterior positions of the occiput (either right or left). ..."
7. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1859)
"... over the anterior fontanelle of an infant twin, a few weeks old, at University
College Hospital on the 28th April, in the following manner:—A puncture ..."
8. A System of midwifery: Including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the Puerperal by William Leishman (1879)
"7">, ii), is from the posterior extremity of the anterior fontanelle, ... It is
described in Todd's Cyclopedia as synonymous with the anterior fontanelle; ..."
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