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sphenoid fontanelle vs fontanelle

fontanelle vs sphenoid fontanelle

sphenoid fontanelle and fontanelle both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sphenoid fontanelle Yes No No No
fontanelle Yes No No No
As nouns, fontanelle is a hypernym of sphenoid fontanelle; that is, fontanelle is a word with a broader meaning than sphenoid fontanelle:
  • sphenoid fontanelle: the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
  • fontanelle: any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
Other hypernyms of sphenoid fontanelle include fontanel, soft spot.
sphenoid fontanelle (noun) fontanelle (noun)
the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
Difference between sphenoid fontanelle and fontanelle

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