Maternal and Infant Chapter 7
Health professionals have a legal and ____ obligation to share genetic information with
the involved couple and no one else. - answer ethical
Genetic counseling will inform a couple about the genetic disorder and the chances that
their child might _____ it. - answer inherits
A person's ____ refers to his or her actual gene composition. - answer genotype
Expression of genetic material allowing identification whether chromosomal material has
come from the male or female parent. - answer Imprinting
Specific point on a chromosome, marking the location of a missing or abnormal gene. -
answer Genetic marker
A woman agreeing to undergo artificial insemination by the male partner's sperm and to
bear a child for the couple. - answer Surrogate
Material of heredity, strands of genes in the nucleus of body cells. -
answerChromosomes
When paired with other genes, these genes will always be expressed. -
answerDominant gene
Ability to be passed from one generation to the next. - answerGenetic disorder
Visual inspection of the chromosome pattern. - answerKaryotyping
Having two like genes for a trait. - answerHomozygous
An outward appearance or expression of the genes. - answerPhenotype
Discuss the merits of genetic testing for a couple at risk for having a child with an
incurable genetic disease. - answerGenetic testing allows the couple to make informed
choices about future reproduction.
Differentiate between the chance of inheriting a disease if both parents are
heterozygous for the trait and the disease is autosomal dominantly inherited, and the
chance of inheritance if the disease is autosomal recessively inherited. - answerIf the
disease is dominantly inherited, two out of four children could inherit the disease; if the
disease is recessively inherited, one out of four children could inherit the disease.
Health professionals have a legal and ____ obligation to share genetic information with
the involved couple and no one else. - answer ethical
Genetic counseling will inform a couple about the genetic disorder and the chances that
their child might _____ it. - answer inherits
A person's ____ refers to his or her actual gene composition. - answer genotype
Expression of genetic material allowing identification whether chromosomal material has
come from the male or female parent. - answer Imprinting
Specific point on a chromosome, marking the location of a missing or abnormal gene. -
answer Genetic marker
A woman agreeing to undergo artificial insemination by the male partner's sperm and to
bear a child for the couple. - answer Surrogate
Material of heredity, strands of genes in the nucleus of body cells. -
answerChromosomes
When paired with other genes, these genes will always be expressed. -
answerDominant gene
Ability to be passed from one generation to the next. - answerGenetic disorder
Visual inspection of the chromosome pattern. - answerKaryotyping
Having two like genes for a trait. - answerHomozygous
An outward appearance or expression of the genes. - answerPhenotype
Discuss the merits of genetic testing for a couple at risk for having a child with an
incurable genetic disease. - answerGenetic testing allows the couple to make informed
choices about future reproduction.
Differentiate between the chance of inheriting a disease if both parents are
heterozygous for the trait and the disease is autosomal dominantly inherited, and the
chance of inheritance if the disease is autosomal recessively inherited. - answerIf the
disease is dominantly inherited, two out of four children could inherit the disease; if the
disease is recessively inherited, one out of four children could inherit the disease.
