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Doctors call this condition syndactyly. Webbed fingers or toes can be part of Turner's Syndrome, which is a chromosomal disorder that affects only females. It involves the absence of all or part of one of the sex chromosomes. Normal female chromosomes are expressed as XX. In Turner's Syndrome, the sex chromosomes are expressed as XO, to indicate that there is a chromosome missing. More commonly though, syndactyly is caused by a genetic defect, and is therefore found to run in families. It is found in both males and females who have the normal arrangement of sex chromosomes: XX for females; XY for males. There are five different types of syndactyly which are classified according to which fingers or toes are involved. This condition can be corrected by surgery, which often involves a small skin graft from another part of the body. With the milder types of syndactyly, surgery can be considered elective (that is, not strictly necessary.) However, when fusion of the fingers or toes is extensive, or when the fusion will cause deformity as the fingers and hands grow, surgery is necessary.
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∙ 11y agoWebbed fingers and webbed toes are a dominant genetic trait.
- Marfan's syndrome
- Antley-Bixler syndrome
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Marden-Walker syndrome
- Homocystineuria
- Spondylocostal dysostosis
This is a list of genetic syndromes that can include webbed fingers.
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How do you develop webbed fingers?
it is not something you develop you are born with it
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Eight fingers. Two thumbs.
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What fingers are used in home keys?
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1. Get the list of the keywords. 2. Use your fingers to count.
What is another word for webbed feet?
Another word for conjoined toes/fingers (webbed) is Syndactyly.
What mammal has webbed fingers?
Many simians and lemurs have elongated fingers
How do you develop webbed fingers?
it is not something you develop you are born with it
What is the function of a FROGS Fingers?
it has webbed feet bl BLA
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No. Penguins are birds, and birds do not have fingers. Penguins have wings, which they use like flippers, and they have webbed feet.
What does webbed finger or toe repair refer to?
Webbed finger or toe repair refers to corrective or reconstructive surgery performed to repair webbed fingers or toes, also called syndactyly.
Which organelle is used when the fingers of a human embryo are at first webbed but later freed from one another?
lysosome. a babys hands are webbed while it is in the womb, and the lysosome eats away the skin in between the fingers and toes.
Why are frogs toes webbed but not its fingers?
We have canda the same to help us swim!
How many fingers do a proboscis monkey have?
The proboscis monkey has 10 fingers in total, 5 each per hand but its not independent. It is webbed fingers to adopt for swimming.
What is a sentence using the word apoptosis?
Apoptosis is the reason why your fingers were webbed when you were an unborn baby, but they are not webbed now. It is a genetically controlled form of death of selected cells in the body.
What is the Latin word for webbed feet?
A Latin word for joined toes or fingers is Syndactyly. The adjacent toes or fingers are joined by soft tissue in syndactyly.
Why are some peoples toes stuck together?
At first in the womb everyone has webbed feet and hands. In some cercimstances they do not get a chance to fully separate leaving them with partically webbed toes or fingers.
