The pediatrician explains to parents of a newborn that their son suffers from cleft palate. She tells them that the normal palate fuses in an anterior-toposterior pattern. The child’s palatine...

The pediatrician explains to parents of a newborn that their son suffers from cleft palate. She tells them that the normal palate fuses in an anterior-toposterior pattern. The child’s palatine processes of the maxilla have not fused. Have his palatine bones fused normally?

After having a severe cold accompanied by nasal congestion, Nicole complained that she had a frontal headache and that the right side of her face ached. What bony structures probably became infected by the bacteria or viruses causing the cold?