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PASSENGER: Fetal head:
Considerations: face, base of skull, & vault of cranium (roof). Bones in
face fused but vault has movable bones; overlap under pressure – molding.
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Sutures –membranous
spaces between bones; intersections – fontanelles (‘soft spot”)
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Landmarks: mentum –
chin; sinciput – brow; vertex – space between fontanelles; occiput
– occipital bone
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