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  2. Artificial cranial deformation - Wikipedia

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    Artificial cranial deformation or modification, head flattening, or head binding is a form of body alteration in which the skull of a human being is deformed intentionally. It is done by distorting the normal growth of a child's skull by applying pressure.

  3. Trigonocephaly - Wikipedia

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    Trigonocephaly is a congenital condition due to premature fusion of the metopic suture (from Ancient Greek metopon 'forehead'), leading to a triangular forehead. The premature merging of the two frontal bones leads to transverse growth restriction and parallel growth expansion.

  4. Asynclitic birth - Wikipedia

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    Complications the baby may face include cephalohematomas, hyperbilirubinemia, and intracranial hemorrhages. [ 17 ] [ 16 ] Asynclitic birth can also increase the risk of birth injuries such as brachial plexus injury in which the nerves responsible for sending signals to the baby's arm are damaged, resulting in temporary or permanent numbness ...

  5. Face and neck development of the human embryo - Wikipedia

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    The face and neck development of the human embryo refers to the development of the structures from the third to eighth week that give rise to the future head and neck.They consist of three layers, the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm, which form the mesenchyme (derived form the lateral plate mesoderm and paraxial mesoderm), neural crest and neural placodes (from the ectoderm). [1]

  6. Fetal head - Wikipedia

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    The fetal head, from an obstetrical viewpoint, and in particular its size, is important because an essential feature of labor is the adaptation between the fetal head and the maternal bony pelvis. Only a comparatively small part of the head at term is represented by the face.

  7. Asymmetrical tonic neck reflex - Wikipedia

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    The asymmetrical tonic neck reflex (ATNR) is a primitive reflex found in newborn humans that normally vanishes around 6 months of age. It is also known as the bow and arrow or "fencing reflex" because of the characteristic position of the infant's arms and head, which resembles that of a fencer. When the face is turned to one side, the arm and ...

  8. Obstetrical dilemma - Wikipedia

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    These muscles allow for the infant to rotate their head to allow their head and shoulders to move through the pelvic. Due to the broad shape of the sacrum, the head of the fetus must be rotated from occiput transverse to occiput anterior position, which means the infant must rotate from the sideways position so the anterior head faces the ...

  9. Caul - Wikipedia

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    In medieval times, the appearance of a caul on a newborn baby was seen as a sign of good luck. [5] It was considered an omen that the child was destined for greatness. Gathering the caul onto paper was considered an important tradition of childbirth: the midwife would rub a sheet of paper across the baby's head and face, pressing the material ...