vocabulary

Question 1

The term caput succedaneum refers to

Answer 1

scalp edema

Question 2

Asymmetry of the posterior cranial vault is known as

Answer 2

positional plagiocephaly

Question 3

term used to describe the condition when the head is disproportionately long and narrow.

Answer 3

Dolichocephaly

Question 4

term used to describe the premature fusing of the sutures in the skull resulting in abnormal head shape and facial features

Answer 4

Craniosynostosis

Question 5

A unilateral dark, purplish lesion over the distribution of the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve may be a sign

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Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Question 6

A protrusion of the spinal cord through a defect in the vertebral arch is referred to as

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myelocele

Question 7

A developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube is known as

Answer 7

spina bifida

Question 8

type of abdominal wall defect in which the intestines, liver, and occasionally other organs remain outside of the abdomen in a sac

Answer 8

omphalocele

Question 9

a childhood hip disorder initiated by a disruption of blood flow to the head of the femur

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Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease

Question 10

With inspection of the male infant’s penis, the urethral orifice appears on the dorsal surface of the glans

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epispadias

Question 11

inspection of the male infant’s penis, the urethral orifice appears on the ventral surface of the glans.

Answer 11

hypospadias

Question 12

In an infant, a defect in the anterior abdominal wall through which the abdominal contents freely protrude, is known as

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gastroschisis.