Terminology Only

Question 1

Passavant’s Ridge

Answer 1

A shelf like ridge that projects from the posterior pharyngeal wall into the pharynx during speech; occurs as a result of contraction of fibers of the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscles

Question 2

Ptosis

Answer 2

Drooping of the eyelid

Question 3

V-Y Push back Wardill-Kilner

Answer 3

The initial incisions are similiar to those of Von Langenbeck procedure except instead of leaving the mucoperiosteum attached in the front of the mouth, it is cut across as a V. The resulting open area is Y shaped. This frees up the mucoperiosteum of the whole palate and allows it be pushed back in an attempt to lengthen it.

Question 4

Hypotelorism

Answer 4

Narrow spaced eyes

Question 5

Hypoplastic

Answer 5

Underdeveloped or defective formation of a tissue or an organ

Question 6

Microcephaly

Answer 6

Small head circumference

Question 7

Hypertrophy

Answer 7

overgrowth of a structure

Question 8

FISH on 22q11

Answer 8

Fluorescent in situ hybridization

VCF

Question 9

Corticotomy

Answer 9

A partial cut in the bone

Question 10

Kernaham’s Y

Answer 10

Figure used to identify the type and extend of the cleft

Question 11

Endentulous

Answer 11

Tooth loss

Question 12

Diastema

Answer 12

space or opening between the teeth, usually the middle teeth

Question 13

Intravelar veloplasty

Answer 13

A surgical reconstruction of the levator veli palatini sling during palatoplasty for correction of a cleft of the velum

Question 14

Sequence

Answer 14

The occurrence of a pattern of anomalies that occur because of a single cause

Question 15

Phenotype

Answer 15

The manifestations of a genotype, range of characteristics associated with a genetic syndrome

Question 16

Hypertelorism

Answer 16

Excessive distance between two paired organs, like the eyes

Question 17

Microtia

Answer 17

Small or absent external ear or middle ear anomalies

Question 18

Teratogen

Answer 18

external chemical or physical agents, such as cigaratte smoke, drugs, viruses, or radiation, that can interfere with normal embryological development and result in congenital malformations

Question 19

Epicanthal folds

Answer 19

Folds of skin extending from the root of the nose to the eyebrow and covering the inner corner of the eye. This is normal in the asian population

Question 20

Nasal meatuses

Answer 20

The three pasages in the nasal cavity that lie directly under a nasal concha

Question 21

Dysmorphology

Answer 21

The study of abnormal shape or form

Question 22

Endogenous

Answer 22

A factor from within the organism rather than the environment (genetics)

Question 23

Zona pellucida

Answer 23

The bluish area in the middle of the velum that is the result of abnormal insertion of the levator veli palatini muscles, effectively causing the velum to be thin and almost transparent in appearance.

Question 24

Z-plasty

Answer 24

A plastic surgery technique that is used to lengthen tissue

Question 25

Cheiloplasty

Answer 25

surgical modification of the lip