Birth Defects

What birth defect & surgery is depicted here?

• Spina Bifida

• Down Syndrome

• Cleft Palate

• Tay-Sachs

Which defect is caused by an error in cell division/the addition of an extra chromosome?

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• Muscular Dystrophy

• Color Blindness

• Down Syndrome

Which defect may be attributed to not getting enough folic acid/folate during the first few weeks of pregnancy?

• Spina Bifida

• Muscular Dystophy

• Down syndrome

• Tay-Sachs

A rare, inherited disorder that destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and is more common among people with Eastern European Jewish ancestry is what?

• Hemophilia

• Tay-Sachs Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Muscular Dystrophy

True or False: An inherited disorder of progressive muscular weakness, typically in boys is called color blindness

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It is called Duchenne Muscular Dystophy

True or False: Around 95% of people with color blindness are men

• True

• False

__________is a form of the inherited blood disorder. It changes your red blood cells’ shape, turning round flexible discs into stiff and sticky cells that block blood flow.

• Sickle Cell Anemia

• Hemophilia

• Spina Bifida

The left shows a normal red blood cell. The photo on the right is:

• An example of what spina bifida looks like

• A sickle cell

• A cleft palate

True or False: Down syndrome is typically inherited

• True

• False

People with Down Syndrome are more likely to have:

• Heart defects

• Language delays

• Sleep Apnea

• None of the above