A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . rietal bones on either side. The fontanelles(Fig. 60) are the membranous interspaces where the sutures join—?the anterior and larger being lozenge-shaped, and formed by the junc-tion of the frontal, sagittal, and two halves of the coronal will be well to note that there are, therefore, four lines of suturesrunning into it, and four angles, of which the anterior, formed bythe frontal suture, is most elongated and well marked. The posteriorfontanelle (Fig. 61) is formed by the junction of the sagittal suturewith the two legs of the
A treatise on the science and practice of midwifery . rietal bones on either side. The fontanelles(Fig. 60) are the membranous interspaces where the sutures join—?the anterior and larger being lozenge-shaped, and formed by the junc-tion of the frontal, sagittal, and two halves of the coronal will be well to note that there are, therefore, four lines of suturesrunning into it, and four angles, of which the anterior, formed bythe frontal suture, is most elongated and well marked. The posteriorfontanelle (Fig. 61) is formed by the junction of the sagittal suturewith the two legs of the lambdoidal. It is, therefore, triangular inshape, with three lines of suture entering it in three angles, and is ANATOMY AXD PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FOETUS 111 much smaller than the anterior fontanelle, forming merely a depres-sion into which the tip of the finger can be placed, while the latter isa hollow as big as a shilling, or even larger. As it is the posteriorfontanelle which is generally lowest, and the one most commonly felt Fig. 60. Fig.
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