LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
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Chapter 7, Problem 6MC
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The skull bones of an infant undergo the process of compression at the time of birth. This process is achieved with the help of spaces that are present between the unfused types of cranial bones.
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