Age-Related Anatomical Changes — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The infant has a _____ position of larynx compared to adults

Answer: higher

Flashcard 2: Adenoids show enlargement upto age _____ and regress after that.

Answer: 6

Flashcard 3: Wrist joint centres fuse by the age of _____ years

Answer: 19

Flashcard 4: All primary ossification centres (except the pisiform) appear in the body by the age of _____ years

Answer: 5 years

Extra: Ossification centers for all bones (except the pisiform) appear by the 5th year of life. Note: The pisiform is the last carpal bone to ossify, appearing between ages 9-12.

Flashcard 5: Two aspects of tooth development have been used in the estimation of dental age are: their _____ and mineralization

Answer: emergence

Flashcard 6: Sutures ossify on the _____ surface before they ossify on the ectocranial surface (endo/ectocranial)

Answer: endocranial

Flashcard 7: Two types of bronchogenic cysts can be either _____ (10-15%) or mediastinal (65-90%)

Answer: pulmonary

Flashcard 8: The earliest tooth to erupt in primary (temporary) dentition is a _____ central incisor.

Answer: mandibular

Flashcard 9: The earliest tooth to erupt in secondary (permanent) dentition is a _____ molar.

Answer: first

Flashcard 10: In children, the spinal cord terminates at the _____ border of the L3 vertebra.

Answer: upper