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_____________________ is when the baby is born without the front part of the brain and large parts of the cerebrum and cerebellum, which controls movement, thinking, and senses.
Anophthalmia
Congenital Hydrocephalus
Microtia
Anencephaly
_____________________ is an eye condition where a baby is born without both or one eye.
Congential Blindness
Anophthalmia
Craniosynostosis
Chiari Malformation
_____________________ occurs when there is a defective gene that makes the body create a thick and sticky mucus that builds up inside the body.
Cystic fibrosis
_____________________ is a genetic condition that involves the child being born with an extra copy of a chromosome.
Down syndrome
A diaphragmatic _____________________ occurs when there is a hole in the diaphragm that allows other organs in the abdomen to move through it and into the infant's chest cavity.
hernia
_____________________ is a muscle disorder that causes weak muscles, which makes it harder to move around.
Muscular dystrophy
How does a limb defect affect a child?
trouble learning fine motor skills, trouble with mobility, social and mental challenges, bullying
_____________________ can make it difficult for a male to urinate correctly and properly potty train.
Ventricular septal defect
Hypospadias
Tay-Sachs disease
Muscular dystrophy
_____________________ occurs when a baby's external ear is either small or not properly developed.
Anotia/Microtia
Chiari Malformation
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
Cleft Lip/Palate
_____________________ is a birth defect that happens when a baby's mouth or lip does not properly form during pregnancy.
Cleft Lip/Palate
TRUE/FALSE: Omphalocele is a congenital disorder of the abdominal wall. The infant's organs stick out through the belly button and are protected by a thin sac.
TRUE
In _____________________ anemia, some red blood cells are shaped like sickles or crescent moons. They can slow or block blood flow.
sickle cell
_____________________ is a neural tube defect that can result from women not consuming enough folic acid.
Spina bifida
_____________________ are congenital heart defects where the valve that lets blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery is either not formed or is narrow. It blocks blood from getting to the lungs.
Anencephaly
Encephalocele
Pulmonary atresia and stenosis
Microphthalmia
How is Encephalocele treated?
Surgery
Bone marrow transplant
It can't be treated.
Medicine
An abnormal smallness of the head is _____________________.
microcephaly
