upper lip formation occurs at weeks ___
6-7
upper lip formation involves the merging of what processes?
medial nasal processes merge with each other as well as the maxillary processes of the first branchial arches
when does central face development begin?
at week 4
medial and lateral ___ develop from the proliferation of ___ on both sides of each nasal placode
the primary palate consists of a merger of what?
medial nasal process
the secondary palate is formed from the ___ on the ___
the ___ palate makes up 90% of the hard and soft palates
secondary
a cleft lip is the defective fusion of the ___ process with the ___ process
medial nasal process with the maxillary process
most (80%) of cleft lip cases are bilateral or unilateral?
unilateral
when can you treat for cleft lip?
cleft palate is a result of the failure of what to fuse?
the palatal shelves
the minimal manifestation of cleft palate is ___
bifid uvula
about what patient age is treatment of celft palate usually performed?
1.5yrs
what are the relative prevalences of developmental cases that are CP only, CL only, or CL + CP?
what are the relative prevalences of syndromic clefting?
what is pierre robin sequence?
what are environmental factors responsible for nonsyndromic clefting?
what is the likelihood that a person affected with nonsyndromic clefting will have offspring or siblings who are also affected?
5%
the lateral facial cleft results from the lack of fusion of the ___ and ___ processes. it accounts for ___% of all facial celfts
an oblique facial cleft results from the failure of fusion of the ___ with the ___; it extends from the ___ to the ___, and is almost always associated with ___
a median cleft of the upper lip results from the failure of fusion of the ___ processes; is it common or rare?
___ are one of the most common major congenital defects
orofacial celfts
what is the prevalence of orofacial clefts among asians, native americans, african americans, and caucasians?
is CL + CP more common in males or females?
males
the more severe the defect, the greater the male predilection