Ch. 9 Vocab Flashcards
Cleft on one side of the nose
Unilateral cleft
Openings that pass through one or more structures that are normally closed. Caused by embryonic growth problems
Cleft
Cleft on both sides of nose
Bilateral cleft
The two palatal shelves are separated
Complete cleft
The shelves are partially fused
Incomplete cleft
Appears normal because the tissue covering the palate hides a cleft of the hard palate, the soft palate, or both
Submucosal cleft
Abnormalities of the skull and face; facial clefts are part of these anomalies
Craniofacial anomalies
Excessive nasal resonance
Hypernasality
Friction noise created by the stream of air rushing out of the nasal passage
Nasal emissions
Inadequate velopharyngeal mechanism, the opening in the hard palate, and a deformed upper lip create what?
Feeding problems
Middle ear disease
Otitis media
Type of fluctuating mild to moderate hearing problem
Conductive hearing loss
Dental abnormalities include malocclusion, insufficient growth of the teeth and gun tissue, cross bite, protruding premaxilla, and growth of extra teeth
Dental probs
Children with clefts of the alveolar ridge tend to have more dental problems than do children with cleft of the hard and soft palates only
Bonus question
Muscular flap is raised from back wall of the throat and attached to the velum
Pharyngeal flap