Laboratory 18 Assessments

Question 1

List all of the bones that form part of the border with the mastoid fontanel

Answer 1

Occipital bone, temporal bone, parietal bone

Question 2

List all of the bones that form part of the border with the sphenoidal fontanel

Answer 2

Frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone

Question 3

List all of the bones that form part of the border with the posterior fontanel

Answer 3

Parietal bone, occipital bone

Question 4

List all of the bones that form part of the border with the anterior fontanel

Answer 4

Parietal bone, frontal bone

Question 5

Describe the functions of fontanels

Answer 5

Allow for compression of the cranium during vaginal delivery and for some additional brain development after birth

Question 6

What is the outcome of fontanels

Answer 6

They ossify and become sutures.