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WGU D236 Latest Update 2024 Verified Answers Why is increased maternal age a risk factor? - correct answer Distinct features of Down's syndrome include intellectual disabilities and common physical features that include slanted eyes, flattened bridge of the nose and forehead, short in stature, poor muscle tone, loose joints and single palmar crease. As a woman's eggs age, they can have mistakes in meiosis potentially leading to a nondisjunction event causing trisomy 21 What is Spina Bifida? Why are relative deficiencies in Folic acid or B12 associated with Spina Bifida? - correct answer Failure to close the neural tube early in gestation due to low folic acid and B-12. These vitamins help activate DNA synthesis in the developing fetus in the first 4 weeks of pregnancy, that are responsible for closing up the spinal column. Three types of spina bifida. 1) spina bifida occulta (most common, less severe) 2) Meningocele (least common)
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