24 Questions
What is the most common risk factor for Congenital Heart Defects (CHD)?
Family history/genetics
Which syndrome is associated with an abnormal position of the lens in the eye?
Marfan Syndrome
What is the main cause of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)?
Alcohol during pregnancy
Which chromosome abnormality is associated with Down Syndrome?
Trisomy 21
Which component is NOT part of Tetralogy of Fallot?
Coarctation aorta
What is the most common congenital heart defect?
Ventricular septal defect
Which syndrome is characterized by a 7q11.23 deletion of the ELN gene?
Williams Syndrome
What is the risk factor for Down Syndrome?
Maternal age
Which primitive heart area gives rise to the left ventricle?
Primitive ventricle
Which syndrome is characterized by short stature, webbed neck, and cardiac abnormalities?
Turner Syndrome
Which gene is associated with Marfan Syndrome?
FBN1
Which condition is NOT a complication of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)?
Hypothyroidism
What is the term for having two identical alleles of a particular gene?
Homozygous
Which term refers to a genetic variant where the rarer allele in a population occurs with a frequency of at least 1%?
Polymorphism
What is the term for a functional unit of the genome that contains the genetic information for one or more gene products?
Gene
Which term describes having only a single copy of a gene instead of two?
Hemizygous
What is the term for a polymorphism where alleles vary at one base?
SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism)
Which term refers to the physical manifestation of the genetic information?
Phenotype
What is the term for a genetic variant where the rarer allele in a population occurs with a frequency of at least 1%?
Polymorphism
Which term describes two different alleles of a particular gene or genes?
Heterozygous
What is the term for a genetic variant where the rarer allele in a population occurs with a frequency of at least 1%?
Polymorphism
Which term refers to a functional unit of the genome that contains the genetic information for one or more gene products?
Gene
What is the term for having only a single copy of a gene instead of two?
Hemizygous
What is the term for a polymorphism where alleles vary at one base?
SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism)
Test your knowledge of pediatric cardio-genetics with this review quiz. Learn about genotype, phenotype, homozygous, heterozygous, hemizygous, and genes.
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