Chapter 5, Problem 38CT

Summary Introduction

Case summary:

The newborn is suffering from cleft palate as the normal palate has fused with an anterior-to-posterior pattern. The pediatrician also told that the fusion of the palatine process of the maxilla has not occurred.

Characters in the case:

A newborn child, his parents, and the pediatrician.

Adequate information:

A newborn child suffers from the cleft palate.

To determine:

Whether the palatine bones of a newborn child had fused normally when the child suffers from a cleft palate.

Given information:

A newborn child suffers from the cleft palate and pediatrician explained to the parents that symptom arises due to fusion of normal palate with an anterior-to-posterior pattern. However, the fusion of the palatine process of the maxilla has not occurred in a newborn child.