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Fetal Skull

INTRODUCTION
The fetal head is large in relation to the fetal body compared with the adult

Adaptation between the skull and the pelvis is necessary to allow the head to pass
through the pelvis during labor without complications.

 Fetal Skull:
It is divided into vault, face and base.
Vault: is made of soft flat bones separated by sutures and fontanelles.

Bones of the Vault:

Two frontal bones; 2 parietal bones, 2 temporal bones and 1 occipital bone.

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