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Are the same skull bones seen in the adult also found in the fetal skull

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Answer;
The answer is NO, some areas still remain to be converted to bone.

Explanation;
Infant skull and an adult skull differ in quite a number of ways; these includes;
An adult skull is an eighth of the total body length whereas the fetal skull is a quarter of the total body length. Among other differences.
An infant skull's bones are separated by fontaneles, or soft spots while in an adult they are separated by satures. During birth, the infant skull is incompletely developed, and the fibrous membranes, called the fontanels, separate the cranial bones
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