Skeletal Dysplasia Terminology
Across
- 2. shortening of the entire extremity
- 4. shortening of the tibia and fibula
- 5. skull also known as a clover leaf skull
- 6. abnormality that affects the distal part of the limb
- 8. shortening of the femur and and humerus
- 10. condition where toes or fingers are united, webbed toes or webbed fingers
- 12. flattening of the vertebral, decrease in vertebral body height
- 15. absence of the forearm, hand attached close to the trunk
- 16. abnormally shaped bones in hands or feet causing overlapping fingers or toes
- 17. absence of an extremity
- 18. condition when the foot is turned inward and downward. Also known as club foot
- 19. absent of central digits of hands or feet, split hand deformity
Down
- 1. spine has a sideways curve, “S” or “C” shaped
- 3. short hands with stubby fingers
- 7. absence of fetal skull causing loss of brain tissue
- 9. anterior view of the skull shaped as a clover leaf
- 11. condition when the upper back is curved, round back or hunchback
- 13. deformity of the foot causing a convex sole of the foot
- 14. agenesis or hypoplasia of the radius causing club hand
- 15. condition when a person has more than five toes or five fingers on a hand or foot