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Ankyloglossia. Ankyloglossia, also known as tongue-tie, is a congenital anomaly characterised by an abnormally short lingual frenulum; when severe, the tip of the tongue cannot be protruded beyond the lower incisor teeth. [6] There are two generalized classifications of ankyloglossia, anterior and posterior tongue-ties.
Tongue-ties affect nearly 5 percent of all newborns. What are the signs a baby has a tongue-tie? And how is tongue-tie treated? Yahoo Life asked parents and experts to share their own stories.
Ankyloglossia, also known as tongue-tie, is a congenital oral anomaly that may decrease the mobility of the tongue tip [ 1 ] and is caused by an unusually short, thick lingual frenulum, a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth. [ 2 ] Ankyloglossia varies in degree of severity from mild cases characterized by ...
Tongue splitting. Tongue bifurcation, splitting or forking, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip to as far back as the underside base, forking the end. Bifid tongue in humans may also be an unintended complication of tongue piercings [1] or a rare congenital malformation associated with maternal ...
A Baby Elephant’s First Weeks. Let’s go easy on this kid, though. He’s only a few weeks old. Though elephant calves are capable of standing and even walking a few hours after birth (so they ...
Stillbirth is typically defined as fetal death at or after 20 or 28 weeks of pregnancy, depending on the source. [ 1 ][ 2 ]: Overview tab,[ 8 ] It results in a baby born without signs of life. [ 9 ] A stillbirth can often result in the feeling of guilt or grief in the mother. [ 10 ] The term is in contrast to miscarriage, which is an early ...
Anatomical terminology. [edit on Wikidata] In placental mammals, the umbilical cord (also called the navel string, [1] birth cord or funiculus umbilicalis) is a conduit between the developing embryo or fetus and the placenta. During prenatal development, the umbilical cord is physiologically and genetically part of the fetus and (in humans ...
This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.