Paul viewed his newborn daughter through the nursery window at the hospital and was distressed because the infant’s skull was badly misshapen. A nurse told him not to worry— the shape of the infant’s...

Paul viewed his newborn daughter through the nursery window at the hospital and was distressed because the infant’s skull was badly misshapen. A nurse told him not to worry— the shape of the infant’s head would return to normal in a few days. What caused the misshapen skull, and what anatomic feature of the neonatal skull allows it to return to a more rounded shape?