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Dicephalic parapagus (/ d aɪ ˈ s ɛ f ə l ɪ k /) is a rare form of partial twinning with two heads side by side on one torso. [1] Infants conjoined this way are sometimes called "two-headed babies" in popular media. [2] The condition is also called parapagus dicephalus. [1] If carried to term, most dicephalic twins are stillborn, or die ...
The key difference between a parasitic twin and conjoined twins is that in parasitic twins, one twin, the parasite, stops development during gestation, whereas the other twin, the autosite, develops completely. [citation needed] In normal monozygotic twin development, one egg is fertilized by a single sperm. The egg will then completely split ...
Giacomo and Giovanni Battista Tocci (born between 1875 and 1877), were dicephalus parapagus dipus twins who survived to adulthood. Each had his own pair of arms. They learned to speak several languages, but never learned to walk. Abigail and Brittany Hensel, born in 1990, are another instance of dicephalus parapagus dipus twins who grew up ...
These twins share three legs, the third leg is often two fused legs, or is non-functioning. The twins also usually share only one set of external genitalia. Ischiopagus tetrapus/quadripus This variety has the twins at a symmetrical continuous longitudinal axis with their area of union not broken anteriorly. The axes extends in a straight line ...
Conjoined twins, popularly referred to as Siamese twins, [1] [2] are twins joined in utero. [ a ] It is a very rare phenomenon, estimated to occur in anywhere between one in 50,000 births to one in 200,000 births, with a somewhat higher incidence in southwest Asia and Africa. [ 5 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 December 2024. American conjoined twins (born 1990) Abby and Brittany Hensel Born Abigail Loraine Hensel Brittany Lee Hensel (1990-03-07) March 7, 1990 (age 34) New Germany, Minnesota, U.S. Education Bethel University Occupation(s) Fifth-grade teachers at Sunnyside Elementary in New Brighton ...
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