Genetic & Developmental Diseases & Disorders Flashcards

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Matched pair of genes.
Alleles
Congenital absence or closure of a normal opening or lumen in the body.
Atresia
Using a stethoscope to listen to body cavities and organs.
Auscultation
Chromosome other than a sex chromosome; determines body function.
Autosomes
Test for evaluating chromosomes; performed by obtaining squamous epithelial cells from the buccal cavity, staining the cell, and microscopically observing the X chromosome call Barr bodies.
Buccal smear
A birth defect
Congenital anomaly
False beliefs that are firmly adhered to although they are not shared by others.
Delusions
In control
Dominant
Vertical fold of skin across the medial canthus of the eye, giving the eyes an oriental appearance.
Epicanthus
Glands that excrete through a duct
Exocrine
Unit on the chromosome that carries DNA information
Gene
Genetic pattern of the individual.
Genotypes
Sex cells
Germ cells
Having different paired genes.
Heterozygous
Having identical genes.
Homozygous