Special Organ Embryo Abnormalities

Question 1

Failure of the fusion of the lateral palatine processes

Answer 1

• cleft palates

Question 2

Failure of the median nasal and maxillary processes to fuse completely.

Answer 2

• cleft lip

Question 3

Abnormalities of the fusion of the maxillary and mandibular processes

Answer 3

• microstomia and macrostomia

Question 4

Failure of the choroidal fissure to close

Answer 4

• coloboma

Question 5

Frequently accompanied by a cleft of the primary palate

Answer 5

• cleft lip

Question 6

Absence of the eye as a result of the mothers’ exposure to toxic chemicals during pregnancy

Answer 6

• anopthalamia

Question 7

Too small eye. May result from intra-uterine infections (toxoplasmosis)

Answer 7

• micro-opthalamia

Question 8

Cloudiness of the lens

Answer 8

• congenital cataract