Module 10 - Skeletal Dysplasia Flashcards
Endochondral ossification begins at _____ weeks LMP
10
Femur growth is ____mm/week until _____ weeks
3, 27
- Malformation
- Deformation
- Disruption
Errors of morphogenesis
absence of the prox portion of the extremity, hands/feet attached to trunk of body
Phocomelia
- severe micromelia
- decreased thoracic circumference
When dysplasias are considered lethal
Most common skeletal dysplasia
Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD)
Presents as decreased mineralization (echopenic bones)
Achondrogenesis
First bones to ossify
Mandible and maxilla
Proximal portion of limb shortened
Rhizomelia
Middle portion of limb shortened
Mesomelia
All portions of the limb shortened
Micromelia
Acromelia
Distal portion of limb shortened
Clinodactyly
Missing middle phalanx
Syndactyly
Fused finger bones
Polydactyly
Extra digits