Sunday, August 2, 2015




Fontanelle closure: 
- occipital 1-2 mos, may even been closed at birth for some
- antero-lateral: 3 mos
- posterio-lateral: 1 year
- anterior: 9 most to 2 years.

Suture fusion 
- metopic suture typically fuses around 2 years -- all of the other sutures fuse in adulthood, starting in the 20s and continuing for the rest of life-- there is interesting data out there (like this paper) on the use of degree of suture fusion for determining age in forensics cases.

Head circumference: 
- Birth ~ 35 cm
- 3 mos ~ 40 cm
- 9 mos ~ 45 cm
- 3 year ~ 50 cm
- 9 year ~ 55 cm


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