Template:BGDB Practical 6 - Postnatal Interactive

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Postnatal Interactive Component

Attempt the Quiz - Postnatal 
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Here are a few simple Quiz questions that relate to Postnatal development from the lecture and practical.

  

1 The newborn skull has 6 fontanels (fontanelles) the most obvious are the anterior and posterior, both close postnatally. Which of these fontanels closes later?

  anterior fontanel
  posterior fontanel

2 Unossified areas at the intersection of the sutures in the fetal skull are known as:

  the membranous neurocranium
  the membranous viscerocranium
  the fontanelles
  the frontonasal prominence
  Meckel's cartilage

3 Failure of the brain to develop may result in:

  plagiocephaly
  acrocephaly
  Crouzon's syndrome
  microcephaly
  acrania


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Practical 6: Trilaminar Embryo | Early Embryo | Late Embryo | Fetal | Postnatal | Abnormalities