Spring in the neonate

Children's spring is a characteristic feature of the skull of an infant, soft land on the head at the junction of several bones. Springs at the head of all four, but two of them side - to birth at full-term baby closed.



The growth of the skull and the role of springs in the child's life


In the view of most people fontanels are the only possible space for the growth of the skull, and the closing spring is associated with the completion of the growth of the skull. Actually it is not. The bones of the skull, as mentioned above, growing in the center and on the edges. Fontanels (mainly front and rear) occupy only a small length of the border between adjacent bones and therefore do not have much importance in the growth of the skull. The main role in the growth of the cranial bones play the seams, which, unlike fontanelles remain open until 20 years.




The development of the skull bones is simply speed-dependent brain development. The most rapid growth of the brain, and, consequently, the bones of the skull was observed during the first two years of a child's life.




The primary role of the springs is to ensure the elasticity of the skull of the child during birth and during the first years of life. Indeed, through the fontanel bone of the skull of a newborn baby are very mobile, and the dimensions of the skull of a child easily adapt to the size of a small pelvis of the mother during childbirth. Head just born baby a few plusnut with two sides and elongated in the anteroposterior direction. This is ideal for delivery, the shape of the head is formed during the process of childbirth through the fontanel. Also thanks to the elasticity of the springs, the shape of the head of the child to normal a few days after birth.


In the first two years of life the child falls and hits his head more than for the rest of my life. The open great spring when the punch is still possible elastic deformation of the skull, which absorbs all the kinetic energy of the impact and protect the child from serious injury.





Types of springs


There are lateral fontanels, small, or rear, spring (between the parietal and occipital bones) and large or anterior Fontanelle (between the parietal and frontal bones).




When overgrown Fontanelle




The closing of the sutures and fontanelles. In healthy children the joints between the bones of the skull usually be felt only during the first month of life. Lateral fontanelles are closed in the first days of life, or even before birth. Small fontanel in 80 % of full-Term infants by the time of birth can also be closed, and the rest is closed to 3 months. Large fontanel is open, as a rule, all the neonates; its normal dimensions are usually 3x3 see correctly the developing child large fontanel closes to 12-18 months. Delayed closure of the fontanels, as a rule, is a sign of the infection: early closure may indicate diseases associated with underdevelopment of the brain; later closure is observed in rickets, dropsy of brain, insufficiency of the thyroid gland and others In the described cases, it is necessary to consult a specialist. Self-treatment without the knowledge of the doctor is invalid.

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