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How Do Mutations Affect Health And Craniofacial Development- Exam IV Flashcards

1
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The average child is born with an estimated ______ new mutations that were not present in the parents

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100-200

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1 and 50 infants is born with a diagnosable genetic condition that can be attributed to a:

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Single major mutation

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3
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Chromosome disorders include: (5)

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Anuelploidy, rearrangements/translocations, deletions, insertions, & duplication

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Single gene disorders include:

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Dominant, recessive, codominant

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5
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Multi factorial or complex genetic diseases occur due to:

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Multiple genes or gene-environment

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What are the 3 types of genetic diseases:

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  1. Chromosome disorders
  2. Single gene disorders
  3. Multifactorial/complex disorders
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An aberration in chromosome number cased by faulty segregation of chromosomes during mitosis or meiosis

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Aneuploidy

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Aneuploidy occurs as a result of:

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Faulty segregation of chromosomes

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9
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_______ infants is born with Aneuploidy

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1 in 400

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10
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Most cases of Aneuploidy originate in ______

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Female meiosis 1

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The risk of aneuploidy occurring in female meiosis I:

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Increases with maternal age

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12
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Down syndrome displays:

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Oral manifestations of aneuploidy

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13
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Describe the key facial characteristics of Down syndrome: (6)

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  1. Upslanting palpebral tissues (upward eye slant)
  2. Low-set, small folded ears
  3. Short neck
  4. Flattened nasal bridge
  5. Brushfield spots
  6. Epicathal fold
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14
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Down syndrome is also called:

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Trisomy 21

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15
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What is the most common chromosomal condition?

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Down syndrome

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16
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How many babies per year are born with Down syndrome?

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1 in 700 in the US (~6000 babies)

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17
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Down syndrome is a result of:

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Full or partial extra copy of chromosome 21

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18
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Down syndrome can occur through

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  1. Nondisjunction
  2. Mosaicism
  3. Translocation
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19
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When chromosomes do not separate appropriately during meiosis:

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Nondisjunction

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20
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____ makes up for greater than 95% of Down syndrome cases:

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Nondisjunction

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21
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Makes up about 1% of Down syndrome cases- the least common form

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Mosaicism

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22
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Makes up about ~4% of Down syndrome cases

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Translocation

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23
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When the egg is fertilized and has the appropriate number of chromosomes to start, but later during different mitosis there is failure of the chromosomes to split properly:

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Mosaicism

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24
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Down syndrome cases caused by translocation occur due to a full or partial copy of chromosomes 21:

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Attaching to another chromosome

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25
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What is the most common chromosome for chromosome 21 to attach to during translocation:

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14

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26
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The only factor that has been linked to an increased change of having a baby with Down syndrome resulting from nondisjunction or mosaicism

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Maternal age

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27
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Due to higher birth rates in younger women, 80% of children born with Down syndrome are born to women:

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Under 35 years of age

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28
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5% of Down syndrome cases have been traced to the:

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Father

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29
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_______ is not a factor in trisomy 21 (nondisjunction) and mosaicism

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Heredity

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30
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In 1/3 of cases of Down syndrome resulting from translocation there is a ______ component

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Hereditary (~1% of all cases)

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31
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Describe the muscle tone and stature of an individual with Down syndrome

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Low muscle tone & small stature

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32
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Cognitive delay in an individual with Down syndrome can be:

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Mild to severe

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33
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A single deep crease across the center of the palm seen in individuals with Down syndrome.

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Transverse palmar crease (simian crease)

34
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80% if adults with Down syndrome reach the age of _____ and may even live longer

35
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About half of individuals with Down syndrome are born with some type of:

A

Congenital heart defect

36
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Some individuals with Down syndrome may have misalignment with the top two vertebra in the neck and this is called:

A

Atlantoaxial instability

37
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Condition that some individuals with Down syndrome have, that puts at risk for serious injury to the spinal cord from OVERexntension of the neck

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Atlantoaxial instability

38
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Because of soft tissue and skeletal changes that lead to the obstruction of their airway, children and adults with Down syndrome:

A

Are at a greater risk of obstructive sleep apnea

39
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Individuals with Down syndrome are at risk of developing:

A
  1. Heart defects
  2. Spinal problems
  3. GI defects
  4. Immune disorders
  5. Sleep apnea
  6. Obesity
  7. Leukemia
  8. Dementia
  9. Other problems
40
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Three questions you should ask a patient that comes into your office with Down syndrome:

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  1. Heart defects
  2. Spinal problems
  3. Seizure hx
41
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Looking on the inside of a individual with down syndromes teeth can show you if they have:

42
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What is the preferred language when describing someone with down syndrome:

A

Child with Down syndrome

43
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Down syndrome is a condition or syndrome, not a:

44
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People ___ Down syndrome, they do not ____ from it, nor are they ____ by it

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Have ; suffer ; afflicted

45
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What word should be used instead of “normal” when describing an individual with Down syndrome:

46
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Caused by chromosome breakage or by recombination between mispaired chromosomes during meiosis

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Chromosomal rearrangements

47
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Only chromosomal rearrangements that change the ____ of genes or that ____ an important gene are likely to cause disease.

A

Copy number ; break up

48
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1 in 1000 infants is born with a :

A

Symptomatic chromosomal rearragnement

49
Q

Cri-du-Chat syndrome is caused by ______ and has a _____.

A

Chromosomal rearrangement ; oral manifestation

50
Q

The high pitched cry that resembles a cat sound, is found in individuals with _____ .

A

Cri-du-Chat

51
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Cri-du-Chat syndrome is caused by a deletion on:

A

Chromosome 5

52
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Prevalence of Cri-du-Chat syndrome:

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1 in 20-50,000

53
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Intellectual disability & delayed development, microcephalic, low birth weight, hypotonia, transverse palmar crease, and possible heart defects are all characteristic of:

A

Cri du Chat syndrome

54
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Hypertelorism, low-set ears, micrognathia, moon facies, epicanthal folds, broad nasal bridge and downward-slanting palpebral tissues are all facial feature of:

A

Cri du Chat syndrome

55
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In 10% of Cri du Chat Syndrome cases, its inherited by:

A

Unaffected parent

56
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What sex is Cri du Chat more prevalent in?

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Girls (4:3)

57
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Single-gene disorders are referred to as:

A

Mendelian disorders

58
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Expressed in heterozygotes, who carry a single copy of the mutation:

59
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Expressed only in homozygotes, who have the mutation in both copies of the gene

60
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Multi factorial disease may also be referred to as:

A

Polygenic diseases or complex diseases

61
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Disease caused not by a single major mutation but by interacting genetic and environmental risk factors

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Multifactorial disease

62
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Most of the common disease, from allergies to diabetes and coronary heart disease are:

A

Multifactorial

63
Q

Neural crest lining on either side of the neural crest tube, migrates around and form the:

A

Craniofacial bone and palate

64
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Median palatal process is derived from:

A

Medial nasal processes and frontonasal processes

65
Q

The median palatal process forms the:

A

Primary palate

66
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_____ is derived from the frontonasal prominence

A

Nasal septum

67
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______ are derived from the maxillary process of the first pharyngeal arch

A

Palatal shelves

68
Q

In the basic steps of palatogenesis, growth occurs at _____ weeks, elevation occurs at _____ weeks, and fusion occurs at _____ weeks.

A

7 weeks, 8 weeks, 9 weeks

69
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Formation of the secondary plate:

A

Palatogenesis

70
Q

What separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity?

A

Secondary palate

71
Q

The secondary palate separates:

A

Nasal cavity from the oral cavity

72
Q

The secondary palate is needed for: (5)

A
  1. Swallowing
  2. Taste
  3. Vomiting
  4. Breathing
  5. Speech
73
Q

What is the prevalence of cleft palates?

A

1/1500 births

74
Q

Prevalence of cleft lip + cleft palate

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1/300-1/2500 births

75
Q

One of the most common birth defects in humans:

A

Cleft lips and cleft palates

76
Q

Cleft lips & palates are a result of failed:

A

Palatogenesis

77
Q

A specific defect in palatogenesis (during weeks 7-10)

A

Cleft palate only

78
Q

A secondary defect for failed lip fusion (weeks 4-7)

A

CP in CL/CP

79
Q

70% of cleft palates are due to ______, whereas 30% of cases are due to _____.

A

Non-syndromic disease & syndromic diseases

80
Q

List the identified environmental causes of a cleft palate: (5)

A
  1. Alcohol
  2. Phenytoin
  3. Retanoic acid
  4. Radiation
  5. TCDD
81
Q

What are some of the identified nutritional/metabolic causes of a cleft palate: (4)

A
  1. Low methionine
  2. Low folic acid
  3. Maternal DM
  4. Hypervit A

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