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Title: What role do the fontanels play in infant development? Post by: nite_n_day on Jun 13, 2013 What role do the fontanels play in infant development?
Title: Re: What role do the fontanels play in infant development? Post by: doseofmegan on Jun 14, 2013 Fontanelles are needed for the infant's brain growth and development. During childbirth, the flexibility of the fibers allows the bones to overlap so the head can pass through the birth canal without pressing on and damaging the infant's brain. Without flexible sutures and fontanelles, the child's brain would be constricted in the cranial bones and could not grow enough. The child would develop brain damage. Feeling the cranial sutures and fontanelles is one way that doctors and nurses follow the child's growth and development. They are able to assess the pressure inside the brain by feeling the tension of the fontanelles.
Title: Re: What role do the fontanels play in infant development? Post by: duddy on Jun 14, 2013 Content hidden
Title: Re: What role do the fontanels play in infant development? Post by: nite_n_day on Jun 15, 2013 Thanks ;D
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