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The appearance of the newborn is characterized by the shoulders and pelvis narrow abdomen protruding, arms and short legs and a skull very large compared to the rest of the body. At birth and immediately after the skull bones have not yet settled and there are several points on the skull “soft” called fountains, two larger ones, the anterior fontanel and the posterior fontanels, both are intended to merge in the first months of life. During labor and the passage into the birth canal, the skull of the infant undergoes compression, infants born via natural childbirth are often characterized by the elongated shape of the skull, sometimes asymmetrical, and something that usually changes within a few days after birth.

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