________________is a genetic disorder of the nervous system. It mainly affects how nerve cells form and grow. It causes tumors to grow on nerves.

__________________ is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. Abnormal genes (mutations) interfere with the production of proteins needed to form healthy muscle. There are many types of this condition.

______________ is a bone growth disorder that causes disproportionate dwarfism.

Which tests are used to confirm Achondroplasia?

Defective blood vessels, leaky valves, shortness of breath and abnormal heart rhythms in children are all signs of______________________.

_______________ is caused by the absence of an enzyme that breaks down fatty substances causing a loss of motor skills during infancy.

Children with Tay-Sachs rarely live beyond 4 years of age.

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of Achondroplasia?

Which of these is the most common fatal genetic disease in North America?

______________are a category of neurological disorders related to malformations of the spinal cord, such as spina bifida, anencephaly, meningocele, myelomeningocele and tethered spinal cord syndrome.

Which of these IS NOT a method of diagnosing Neural Tube Defects in infants?

This nutrient helps prevent Neural Tube defects.

The majority of babies with Neural Tube Defects do not survive.

_________________ is a condition in which a female infant is born with one missing or incomplete sex chromosome.

Turner Syndrome causes all of the following except.......

Specific genetic testing can detect Turner Syndrome and is usually given to all infants born in a hospital setting.

Which of the following IS NOT true of clubfoot diagnosis?

Most cases of ______________ are successfully treated with nonsurgical methods that may include a combination of stretching, casting, and bracing.

The only cures for _______________ are stem cell and bone marrow transplants.

There is currently no cure for ___________. Effective treatments do exist, but they are expensive and involve lifelong injections several times per week to prevent bleeding.

Though caused by an inherited genetic mutation, _________________ is not usually diagnosed until age 30-40.

__________________________ is a rare, inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown (degeneration) of nerve cells in the brain.

About 95 percent of the time, ___________________ is caused by trisomy 21 — the person has three copies of chromosome 21, instead of the usual two copies, in all cells.

______________ caused by abnormal cell division during the development of the sperm cell or the egg cell and thus linked to parental age at conception.

When someone is having a seizure do all but which of the following?

Should you turn a person having a seizure on their side?

Confusion, staring, incontrollable movement, & loss of consciousness or awareness are all signs of ______________.

Seizures occur along a wide spectrum and only SOME indicate Epilepsy.

Some heart defects are simple and don’t need treatment.

_____________ may require spine decompression to free the compressed spinal cord or nerve roots.

Cleft LIp/Paette is associated with hearing loss.

Flap Surgery is used to correct__________.

Clubfoot is always treatable with braces and casts and never needs surgery for correction.

Sickle Cell Anemia often speeds up the arrival of puberty.

A shortened Achilles tendon can cause ___________________.

Spastic, Diskinetic , Ataxic, and Mixed are all types of __________________.

A lack of B vitamins during pregnancy can lead to blindness, lack of consciousness, or possibly death in the infant.

Life expectancy after diagnosis of Huntington's Disease is ___________.

___________occurs when the tissue of the baby's face doesn't fuse properly during pregnancy.

Tiny white spots on the iris, a single line across the palm, flattened bridge of the nose, and almond shaped eyes (slanted up) are indicators of ___________________.

Osteotomy (cutting bone) to correct uneven growth or abnormal rotation of the bones is a common treatment for _______________.

The symptoms of Tay-Sachs Disease (loss of motor skills, exaggerated reactions to noise, seizures, vision & hearing loss, & muscle weakness) usually appear around the age of ____________

What percentage of Epileptic Seizures are facial only?

The average lifespan for a person with Down Syndrome is ________________.

One treatment for children with Down Syndrome is ____________.

People with Muscular Dystrophy often live to ____________ now.

Muscle biopsy is one method of diagnosing _____________.

__________________is a genetic disorder of the nervous system. It mainly affects how nerve cells form and grow. It causes tumors to grow on nerves.

A common treatment for Neurofibromatosis is _____________.