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Which of the following is not a characteristic of fontanels?

a) fontanels are important areas where oxygen can pass through to the developing brain in infancy
b) fontanels allow the head to expand in size to accommodate the brain growth that occurs in the first two years of life
c) fontanels allow the skull to change shape during the passage of the infant though the birth canal, and then allow the skull to regain its shape following birth
d) infants are usually born with six major fontanels (though he or she may have some smaller ones), all of which will ossify and become incorporated into the bones of the skull in two years or less
e) fontanels will become ossified by intramembranous ossification
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