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| the midline groove in the upper lip that runs from the top of the lip to the nose. The way the philtrum appears is determined genetically. in some syndromes, this groove is shortened. |
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| "red part" the actual lip |
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| the middle portion of the lip and the anterior portion of the palate |
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| the remainder of the lip and the anterior portion of the palate |
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the cleft is covered over by the lining (mucous membrane) of the roof of the mouth.
Signs include: bifid uvula, translucent streak bluish/whitish streak), notch at the end of the hard palate (something you have to feel) |
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| a submucous cleft that is missing one of all 3 of the main features of a submucous cleft |
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| a network of nerve fibers innervating most of the palate, larynx, and pharynx. It is located on the surface of the middle pharyngeal constrictor muscle |
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| Multi-factorial Genetic Pattern |
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a pattern of inheritance of a trait, condition, or disease that appears by empiric data to be determined by a combination of both genetic and environmental factors
- genetic thresholds with the deciding factor being how much they can tolerate from the environment
- also can mean multiple genes
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craniosynostosis consists of premature fusion of 1 or more cranial sutures often resulting in an abnormal head shape
- it may result from a primary defect of ossification (primary craniosynostosis)
- or more commonly, from a failure of brain growth (secondary craniosynostosis)
- simple craniosynostosis is a term used when only 1 suture fuses prematurely
- Complex or compound craniosynostosis is used to describe premature fusion of multiple sutures
- plagiocephaly
- scaphocephaly-long narrow head
- positional branchycephaly-flat back of the head
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| eye defect of the iris or eyelid |
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| underdevelopment of the chin or mandible |
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| unibrow; confluent eyebrow |
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| velo-pharyngeal insufficiency |
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| Compensatory articulation |
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most include moving articulation back behind the velum where the air is escaping (so nasal emission doesn't occur)
Includes:
- glottal stops
- pharyngeal stops
- pharyngeal fricatives
- pharyngeal affricates
- mid-dorsum palatal stops
- velar fricatives
- posterior nasal fricative
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| environmental factors thought to cause birth defects. Examples include: lack of folic acid, excessive vitamin A, alcohol, anticonvulsant drugs, smoking, and illicit drugs |
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| the hole/space beneath the forebrain and above the branchial arch 1 that will later turn into the nasal and oral cavities |
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| between the nostrils, fleshy nasal septum |
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| migrate outward from neural tube; can do anything; form different parts |
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| chromosomes not associated with the sex chromosome |
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| multiple anomalies in a single individual with all those anomalies having one primary cause |
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| multiple anomalies in a single individual where one of the anomalies has led to all of the others (cascade effect) |
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