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What genetic syndrome is most commonly associated with an elongated face, large ears, and
intellectual disability?
✔✔ Fragile X syndrome
Which genetic disorder often includes a cleft palate, heart defects, and a characteristic “fish-
shaped” mouth?
✔✔ Velocardiofacial syndrome (22q11.2 deletion)
What genetic condition is associated with a flat facial profile, upward-slanting eyes, and
increased risk for hearing loss?
✔✔ Down syndrome
Which syndrome is caused by a deletion on the paternal copy of chromosome 15 and often
includes hypotonia and feeding difficulties in infancy?
✔✔ Prader-Willi syndrome
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, Which genetic condition is characterized by a small jaw, glossoptosis, and frequently a cleft
palate?
✔✔ Pierre Robin sequence
Which syndrome is associated with abnormal growth of facial bones, exophthalmos (bulging
eyes), and often affects speech due to abnormal resonance?
✔✔ Crouzon syndrome
What syndrome includes broad thumbs, intellectual disability, and often affects expressive
language skills?
✔✔ Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Which syndrome is associated with laryngomalacia, sensorineural hearing loss, and white
forelock of hair?
✔✔ Waardenburg syndrome
Which disorder involves hand-wringing behavior, loss of purposeful hand use, and is primarily
seen in girls?
✔✔ Rett syndrome
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