Question 138

(Multiple Choice)

In-Text Figure Based Questions
-Name the fontanelles found on the infant skull. Why aren't they labeled on the adult skull? (Figure 7-16)


A) frontal, parietal, occipital, and sphenoid; they became foramen
B) sphenoidal (paired), mastoid (paired), anterior, and posterior; they fused and are not on the adult skull
C) superior, inferior, anterior, and posterior; they fused and are not on the adult skull
D) sphenoidal (paired), mastoid (paired), anterior, and posterior; they became foramen
E) coronal, sagittal, lambdoid, and squamous; they fused and are not on the adult skull

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