. The science and art of midwifery . ior and the small posterior Iontanelle, are ofimmediate obstetrical interest, as they, with the sutures, furnish theguiding points which enable the examining linger to determine, in ad-vanced pregnancy, the position of the childs head. The large fontanelle, or bregmatic space (bregma, the sinciput),occupies the gap between the parietal and frontal bones. It possessesa lozenge-shape. Its anterior angle is continuous with the frontalsuture, its posterior angle with the sagittal suture, and its lateralangles with the two halves which compose the coronal suture
. The science and art of midwifery . ior and the small posterior Iontanelle, are ofimmediate obstetrical interest, as they, with the sutures, furnish theguiding points which enable the examining linger to determine, in ad-vanced pregnancy, the position of the childs head. The large fontanelle, or bregmatic space (bregma, the sinciput),occupies the gap between the parietal and frontal bones. It possessesa lozenge-shape. Its anterior angle is continuous with the frontalsuture, its posterior angle with the sagittal suture, and its lateralangles with the two halves which compose the coronal suture. Its an-terior angle is much longer than the posterior angle. The small fontanelle is situated at the junction of the occipital with * Weenich, CJeber die Zun&hme der weiblichen Zeugungsf&higkeit, Beitr. zur(Jeburtsh., Bd. l. p. 8. ^ Duncan, Fecundity, Fertility, and Sterility, p, 58. % ZiOC. at., |». 10. n In bulky children, the shoulders sometimes offer the greatesl difficulties indelivery. DEVKLoPMKXT oF TIIK I(KTUS. 71. Fig. 53.—Fetal skull, seen from the side. T F, tuber parietale : L. lambda suture ; u M, oc-cipitomental diameter ; C, coronal suture. (J. Veit.)
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