Joints called cranial sutures are made of flexible, fibrous tissue. They hold the bones of a baby's skull together. The sutures meet at the fontanels, the soft spots on a baby's head. The sutures remain flexible during infancy. This allows the skull to grow as the brain grows. The largest fontanel, called the anterior fontanel, is at the front.
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