The Fetal Face & Neck Flashcards
The isolated enlargement of the fetal thyroid is referred to as:
A. Fetal goiter
B. Cystic hygroma
C. Lymphangioma
D. Cervical teratoma
A. Fetal goiter
The absence of the eyes is termed:
A. Agyria
B. Epignathus
C. Hypotelorism
D. Anophthalmia
D. Anophthalmia
A reduction in the distance between the orbits is referred to as:
A. Anophthalmia
B. Micrognathia
C. Hypertelorism
D. Hypotelorism
D. Hypotelorism
An increased nuchal fold is most likely associated with:
A. Dandy–Walker syndrome
B. Trisomy 21
C. Trisomy 3
D. Nuchal cord
B. Trisomy 21
The most frequently encountered chromosomal abnormality associated
with holoprosencephaly is:
A. Triploidy
B. Trisomy 21
C. Trisomy 18
D. Trisomy 13
D. Trisomy 13
What is the term for a smaller than normal ear?
A. Microphthalmia
B. Micronatia
C. Microtia
D. Micrognathia
C. Microtia
The fetal lip typically closes by:
A. 18 weeks
B. 8 weeks
C. 13 weeks
D. 6 weeks
B. 8 weeks
The most common cause of hypertelorism is:
A. Dandy–Walker malformation
B. Anencephaly
C. Anterior cephalocele
D. Holoprosencephaly
C. Anterior cephalocele
Macroglossia is most commonly found with:
A. Anencephaly
B. Holoprosencephaly
C. Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome
D. Cystic hygroma
C. Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome
An oral teratoma is referred to as:
A. Macroglossia
B. Epignathus
C. Micrognathia
D. Ethmocephaly
B. Epignathus
There is a definite link between microtia and what syndrome?
A. Rays syndrome
B. VACTERL syndrome
C. Down syndrome
D. Fitz-Hugh–Curtis syndrome
C. Down syndrome
Which of the following would be most difficult to detect sonographically?
A. Cleft lip and cleft palate
B. Isolated cleft lip
C. Isolated cleft palate
D. Isolated median cleft
C. Isolated cleft palate
An increase distance between the orbits is referred to as:
A. Hypotelorism
B. Hypertelorism
C. Anophthalmia
D. Micrognathia
B. Hypertelorism
The optimal scan plane to visualize micrognathia is:
A. Transverse
B. Axial
C. Sagittal
D. Coronal
C. Sagittal
A cystic hygroma is the result of:
A. Alcohol consumption in the first trimester
B. An abnormal development of the roof of the fourth ventricle
C. Occlusion of the internal carotid arteries
D. An abnormal accumulation of lymphatic fluid within the soft tissue
D. An abnormal accumulation of lymphatic fluid within the soft tissue
Which of following would most likely involve the development of a
cystic hygroma?
A. Beckwith–Weidemann syndrome
B. Hydranencephaly
C. Turner syndrome
D. Klinefelter syndrome
C. Turner syndrome
Which of the following may also be referred to as Turner syndrome?
A. Down syndrome
B. Trisomy 15
C. Trisomy 13
D. Monosomy X
D. Monosomy X
Nuchal thickening is most commonly associated with:
A. Patau syndrome
B. Hydranencephaly
C. Down syndrome
D. Cebocephaly
C. Down syndrome
Micrognathia is a condition found in:
A. Dandy-Walker complex
B. Hydranencephaly
C. Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome
D. Trisomy 18
D. Trisomy 18
The most common location of a cystic hygroma is within the:
A. Axilla
B. Neck
C. Chest
D. Groin
B. Neck
An absent or hypoplastic nasal bone is most likely associated with:
A. Trisomy 21
B. Trisomy 15
C. Trisomy 18
D. Turner syndrome
A. Trisomy 21
An unusual protuberance of the tongue is termed:
A. Epignathus
B. Macrognathia
C. Pharyngoglossia
D. Macroglossia
D. Macroglossia
Facial anomalies, when discovered, should prompt the sonographer to
analyze the brain closely for signs of:
A. Holoprosencephaly
B. Dandy–Walker malformation
C. Schizencephaly
D. Hydranencephaly
A. Holoprosencephaly
The measurement obtained between the lateral walls of the orbits is
referred to as the:
A. Interocular diameter
B. Binocular diameter
C. Ocular diameter
D. Biparietal diameter
B. Binocular diameter
Which of the following is a benign congenital neck cysts found most
often near the angle of the mandible?
A. Epignathus
B. Branchial cleft cyst
C. Thyroglossal duct cyst
D. Fetal goiter
B. Branchial cleft cyst
A large, mostly cystic mass containing a thick, midline septation is noted
in the cervical spine region of a fetus. This most likely represents a(n):
A. Sacrococcygeal teratoma
B. Cystic hygroma
C. Cephalocele
D. Anophthalmia
B. Cystic hygroma
A group of abnormalities associated with the entrapment of fetal parts and fetal amputations is:
A. Cystic hygroma
B. Edwards syndrome
C. Ethmocephaly
D. Amniotic band syndrome
D. Amniotic band syndrome
The growth disorder syndrome synonymous with organ, skull, and tongue enlargement is:
A. Klinefelter syndrome
B. Apert syndrome
C. Meckel–Gruber syndrome
D. Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome
D. Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome
Which of the following is also referred to as Patau syndrome?
A. Trisomy 18
B. Trisomy 21
C. Trisomy 12
D. Trisomy 13
D. Trisomy 13
Close-set eyes and a nose with a single nostril is termed:
A. Cebocephaly
B. Cyclopia
C. Ethmocephaly
D. Epignathus
A. Cebocephaly
Which of the following conditions does not affect the orbits?
A. Cebocephaly
B. Cyclopia
C. Ethmocephaly
D. Epignathus
D. Epignathus
An abnormal division in the lip is referred to as:
A. Micrognathia
B. Cleft lip
C. Anophthalmia
D. Cebocephaly
B. Cleft lip
At what level is the nuchal fold measurement obtained?
A. Cavum septum pellucidum
B. Occipital horns of the lateral ventricle
C. Brain stem
D. Foramen magna
A. Cavum septum pellucidum
Fusion of the orbits is termed:
A. Microglossia
B. Cebocephaly
C. Cyclopia
D. Ethmocephaly
C. Cyclopia
Which of the following is also referred to as trisomy 21?
A. Edwards syndrome
B. Patau syndrome
C. Meckel–Gruber syndrome
D. Down syndrome
D. Down syndrome
The thickness of the nuchal fold in the second trimester should not
exceed:
A. 3 mm
B. 6 mm
C. 10 mm
D. 12 mm
B. 6 mm
A small mandible is termed:
A. Macroglossia
B. Epignathus
C. Micrognathia
D. Ethmocephaly
C. Micrognathia
The condition in which there is no nose and a proboscis separating two close-set orbits is:
A. Ethmocephaly
B. Epignathus
C. Micrognathia
D. Cebocephaly
A. Ethmocephaly
All of the following are sonographic features of holoprosencephaly
except:
A. Cystic hygroma
B. Proboscis with cyclopia
C. Fused thalamus
D. Monoventricle
A. Cystic hygroma
The nuchal fold measurement is typically obtained:
A. Before 12 weeks 6 days
B. Between 11 weeks and 13 weeks 6 days
C. Between 15 weeks and 21 weeks
D. After 24 weeks
C. Between 15 weeks and 21 weeks