Artificial cranial deformation

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/artificial-cranial-deformation

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the socio-cultural functions?Served as markers of identity, social status, ethnic affiliation, and aesthetic ideals
2. Why did people change babies' heads in the past?They did it to show who they were, to look beautiful, or to show special status in their group.
3. How did they reshape a baby's skull?They used cloth, bandages, or wooden boards that were wrapped or strapped around the head for months, pressing gently on the skull.

Cranial Sutures: Fibrous joints between the bones of the skull that allow for growth.
Fontanelles: Soft, membranous gaps between the skull bones of an infant's skull.
Anteroposterior Axis: The imaginary line running from the front to the back of the skull.