Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Minor physical anomalies (MPAs) are relatively minor (typically painless and, in themselves, harmless) congenital physical abnormalities consisting of features such as low-set ears, single transverse palmar crease, telecanthus, micrognathism, macrocephaly, hypotonia and furrowed tongue.
A congenital physical anomaly is an abnormality of the structure of a body part. It may or may not be perceived as a problem condition. It may or may not be perceived as a problem condition. Many, if not most, people have one or more minor physical anomalies if examined carefully.
About 3% of newborns have a "major physical anomaly", meaning a physical anomaly that has cosmetic or functional significance. [24] Congenital disorders are responsible for 20% of infant deaths. [25] The most common congenital diseases are heart defects, Down syndrome, and neural tube defects. Trisomy 21 is the most common type of Down Syndrome.
Anomaly, a rift in the space-time continuum in the television series Futurama; Anomaly, any shortcut to hyperspace travel in Robert Heinlein's novels of the 1950s, today called wormholes "Anomaly" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2003 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise; The Anomaly, a 2014 film; Anomaly (comics), a villain in DC Comics
In the natural sciences, especially in atmospheric and Earth sciences involving applied statistics, an anomaly is a persisting deviation in a physical quantity from its expected value, e.g., the systematic difference between a measurement and a trend or a model prediction. [1]
The gravity anomaly at a location on the Earth's surface is the difference between the observed value of gravity and the value predicted by a theoretical model. If the Earth were an ideal oblate spheroid of uniform density, then the gravity measured at every point on its surface would be given precisely by a simple algebraic expression.
The most common intracranial anomaly is the presence of choroid plexus cysts, which are pockets of fluid on the brain. These are not problematic in themselves, but their presence may be a marker for trisomy 18. [9] [10] Sometimes, excess amniotic fluid or polyhydramnios is exhibited. [7]
A vascular anomaly is any of a range of lesions from a simple birthmark to a large tumor that may be disfiguring. They are caused by a disorder of the vascular system. [1] A vascular anomaly is a localized defect in blood vessels or lymph vessels. These defects are characterized by an increased number of vessels, and vessels that are both ...