Face, skull, palate

Question 1

anterior skull origin

Answer 1

neural crest

Question 2

posterior skull origin

Answer 2

somite (sclerotome)

Question 3

fetal alcohol syndrom targets

Answer 3

neural crest, leads to craniofacial defects

Question 4

craniosynostosis

Answer 4

premature fusion of flat bones (sutures form prenatally)

Question 5

scaphocephaly

Answer 5

sagital suture fuses prematurely. Skull grows A-P

Question 6

brachycephaly

Answer 6

coronal suture fuses prematurely. Skull grows laterally.

Question 7

face forms by

Answer 7

week 8. Susceptable to teratogenesis

Question 8

primary (anterior) palate origin

Answer 8

deep intermaxillary segment

Question 9

secondary (posterior) palate origin

Answer 9

deep maxillary prominence

Question 10

anterior cleft palate cause

Answer 10

failure of maxillary prominence to fuse with medial nasal prominence (intermaxillary segment)

Question 11

posterior cleft palate cause

Answer 11

failure of maxillary prominences (lateral palatine plates) to fuse midline

Question 12

oblique facial cleft

Answer 12

maxillary prominence fails to fuse with lateral nasal prominence