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fontanel, and generally known among mothers as the 



FlG. 7. Infant's skull : anterior fontanel above ; posterior fontanel below 

 (J. P. C. Griffith). 



fefrous Pyram let 



FlG. 8. Temporal bone of infant ; lower outer surface, showing squamous, 

 tympanic, and petromastoid segments (Randall). 



"soft spot"; this is found in the infant at birth, but ulti- 

 mately becomes obliterated. 



