A fontanel may be soft and depressed as a result of dehydration. Also spelled fontanelle, fonticulus. Fontanels. fontanel Fontanelle, soft spot Anatomy A membrane-covered region on the skull of a fetus/infant, which corresponds to the convergence of suture lines, where ossification has not yet occurred fontanel
(February 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) is a metabolic disease of young poultry that affects the growth of bone and cartilage. Often occurs in broilers (chickens raised for meat) and other poultry which have been bred for fast growth rates.
Mutations in the TTN gene cause tibial muscular dystrophy. This gene provides instructions for making a protein called titin. Titin plays an important role in muscles the body uses for movement (skeletal muscles) and in heart (cardiac) muscle.ibial muscular dystrophy is a condition that affects the muscles at the front of the lower leg. The signs and symptoms of this condition typically appear after age 35. The first sign is usually weakness and wasting (atrophy) of a muscle in the lower leg called the tibialis anterior.