Flashcards
Bone L3
Cards in this deck (5)
- 1"Congenital malformations AKA .... is the developmental irregularities caused by localised problems in migration of the mesenchymal cells and the formation of the condensations."Dystoses
- 2This type of one abnormality results from mutations in certain transcription factors known as ... genes.Homeobox genes.
- 3"..... are mutations in the regulators of skeletal organogenesis that affects cartilage and bone tissues."Dysplasias.
- 4Regulators of skeletal oranogenesis include ...(name 2)Signalling molecules (grow factors and their receptors) and matrix components (type 1 & 2 collagen).
- 5Distress are relatively uncommon. Name 3 examples.Failure of a bone to develop, formation of extra bones or the fusion of 2 adjacent digits (syndactylism).