Neural tube defects (NTDs) are serous …….defects with symptoms that range from mild to severe impairment.
a) embryonic
b) birth
c) childhood
d) adulthood
Explanation: NTDs occur when the neural tube does not close properly. The neural tube forms the early brain and spine.
The incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord or meningies is concerned with………
a) CRS
b) NTDs
c) STDs
d) both a and b
Neural tube defects occur when foetus’ …….fails to close properly during the early stages of pregnancy.
a) brain
b) spine
c) heart
d) air passageway
In newborn infants with congenital hypothyroidism frequently have………
a) delayed skeletal maturation
b) hyperbilirubinemia
c) reflecting immaturity of liver and bone
d) all of these
What will happen to infants in hypothyroidism if thyroid hormone therapy is delayed or inadequate?
a) small size
b) permanent mental retardation
c) abnormal spine
d) all of these
The upper and lower limbs have a large number of different ………..derived abnormalities.
a) genetic
b) environmental
c) both a & b
d) none of them
Explanation: some of these abnormalities can be surgically repaired
