Fontanelle (disambiguation)
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A fontanelle
is a soft spot in the skull of a baby where the bones of the skull have not yet knit together, but normally will do so in time.
Fontanelle may also refer to:
Fontanelle
A fontanelle is an anatomical feature on an infant's skull.-Anatomy:Fontanelles are soft spots on a baby's head which, during birth, enable the bony plates of the skull to flex, allowing the child's head to pass through the birth canal. The ossification of the bones of the skull causes the...
is a soft spot in the skull of a baby where the bones of the skull have not yet knit together, but normally will do so in time.
Fontanelle may also refer to:
- Fontanelle, IowaFontanelle, IowaFontanelle is a city in Summerset Township, Adair County, Iowa, United States. The population was 692 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Fontanelle is located at ....
, a city in the state of Iowa - Fontanelle (Treviso), a town in Italy
- Fontanelle, NebraskaFontanelle, NebraskaFontanelle is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The site of repeated incursions by the neighboring Pawnee tribe, Fontanelle was an early boom town in the Nebraska Territory, but waned in importance after failing to secure a railroad connection in the late...
, an unincorporated area in Nebraska - Fontanelle (album)Fontanelle (album)Fontanelle is the second studio album by the American punk rock band Babes in Toyland, released on August 11, 1992. It was the band's first release on a major label , and their first recording to feature Maureen Herman on bass.-Background and production:After extensive touring throughout 1991, the...
, a music album by the band Babes in Toyland. - Fontanelle (comics)Fontanelle (comics)Fontanelle is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. Her first appearance was in Gambit vol. 3 #1.-Fictional character biography:...
, a Marvel Comics character - Fontanelle (novel), a novel by Israeli author Meir ShalevMeir ShalevMeir Shalev is an Israeli writer. He is the son of the Jerusalemite poet Yitzchak Shalev. His cousin Zeruya Shalev is also a writer.- Biography :...
- Fontanelle cemeteryFontanelle cemeteryThe Fontanelle cemetery in Naples is a charnel house, an ossuary, located in a cave in the tuff hillside in the Materdei section of the city. It is the source of a fascinating chapter in the folklore of the city...
, Naples, Italy