6_Birth Defects

gap in the upper lip

• cleft palate

• cleft lip

• down syndrome

• PKU

gap in the roof of the mouth

• cleft palate

• cleft lip

• down syndrome

• PKU

body cannot process certain proteins

• sickle cell amemia

• cerebral palsy

• down syndrome

• PKU

malformed red blood cells; interference with oxygen to the rest of the body

• sickle cell amemia

• cerebral palsy

• down syndrome

• PKU

tiny threadlike structures in the cell

• chromosomes

• DNA

• heredity

• genes

damage to the brain before, during, or after birth

• sickle cell amemia

• cerebral palsy

• down syndrome

• PKU

an incompletely formed spinal cord

• spinabifida

• cerebral palsy

• down syndrome

• muscular dystrophy

affects both the respiratory and digestive systems

• sickle cell amemia

• cystic fibrosis

• asthma

• diabetes

no known safe amount to drink; no specific time during prenatal development for it

• milk

• coffee

• coke

• alcohol

body can not process and use certain fats

• rubella

• cystic fibrosis

• cerebral palsy

• tay-sachs