quiz 5

Question 1

autoimmune

Answer 1

relating to disease caused by antibodies or lymphocytes produced against substances naturally present in the body.

Question 2

febrile

Answer 2

pertaining to or characterized by fever

Question 3

fulminating

Answer 3

having rapid and severe onset usually fatal

Question 4

achromatopsia

Answer 4

total color blindness, rare, hereditary, cannot see any colors, black white and shades of gray, also a sensitivity to light

Question 5

amelia

Answer 5

congenital absence of one or more limbs

Question 6

aplasia

Answer 6

failure of a tissue or an organ to develop normally

Question 7

cleft palate

Answer 7

congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along the midline

Question 8

congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Answer 8

occurs when the diaphragm muscle - the muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen - fails to close during prenatal development, and the contents from the abdomen migrate into their chest through this hole

Question 9

cystic fibrosis

Answer 9

cystic fibrosis is an inherited disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs, digestive system and other organs in the body

Question 10

downs syndrome

Answer 10

genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21; also called trisomy 21

Question 11

hydrocephalus

Answer 11

Excessive amounts of cerebrospinal fluid accumulation to brain

Question 12

hypoplasia

Answer 12

the decrease size of an organ or tissue due to excessive but regulated decrease in the number of its cells

Question 13

inguinal hernia

Answer 13

hernia that occurs in the groin region

Question 14

meningocele

Answer 14

a protrusion of the meninges through a gap in the spine due to a congenital defect

Question 15

myelomeningocele

Answer 15

most severe; characterized by the protrusion from an opening in the spine of both the malformed spinal cord and the meninges

Question 16

phocomelia

Answer 16

congenital condition in which the proximal portions of the limbs are poorly developed or absent

Question 17

polydactylism

Answer 17

common birth defect; presence of one or more extra fingers or toes

Question 18

spina bifida

Answer 18

structural abnormality that results in the failure of the fetal spine to close properly during the first month gestation

Question 19

SIDS

Answer 19

unexplained death, usually during sleep, of a seemingly healthy baby less than a year old. SIDS is sometimes known as crib death because the infants often die in their cribs

Question 20

vasular nevus

Answer 20

also known as a strawberry mark, in which superficial blood vessels are enlarged