The parts that comprise a baby’s skull have not fused yet, so their head shape often changes as they grow up. However, babies sometimes have more substantial injuries during delivery ...

Conversely, the infant with a dolichocephalic head shape should be positioned to encourage maintaining the head in the midline position to promote resolution Dolicocephalic infants may benefit ...

Limit prone positioning if the infant is dolichocephalic. The dolichocephalic head shape (Fig 4) interferes with the development of midline positioning and head control, causing a persistent ...

“Dogs are famous for their good noses, and now we know that the length of the nose, and relatedly, the shape of the brain also matters,” summarizes Enikő Kubinyi, head of the Department of ...