Newborn skull



                                 Neurocranium : Splanchnocranium
                                                         8:1


Fonticulus major
Splanchnocranium
Neurocranium

Fonticulus major
Tuber frontale
Tuber parietale

Fonticulus major
Fonticulus minor


Fonticulus sphenoidalis
Fonticulus mastoideus


Symphysis mentis
Sutura frontalis


Anulus tympanicus



Newborn skull
•  capacity 370 ccm
• circumference 34 cm
• length 11-12 cm, width 9-10 cm
• big neurocranium
• fonticuli (major, minor, sphenoidalis,mastoideus)
• low splanchnocranium
• without processus alveolares        (maxillae et mandibulae)
• without paranasal sinuses
• sutura frontalis
• anulus tympanicus
• symphysis menti
• mandibular angle 150 - 170o