Anotia
Missing auricle (absent external ear)
Antihelix
Normal part of external ear; many possible anomalies of the antihelix exist (underdeveloped, absent, prominent, etc)
Cryptotia
Invagination of superior part of auricle under a fold of temporal skin
Normal position of ears
Imaginary line passing through inner canthi and extending back should also pass through upper third of earEars are low set if this line passes over the ears instead of through them
Cupped ear
Protruding and usually lacking antihelical folds
Ear pits
Look like ear piercings without earrings in them
Macrotia
Large ears; longitudinal length and width are over 2 SD above mean
Adactyly
Absence of all phalanges of all digits of a limb
Clinodactyly
Digit curves inward
Simian crease
aka Single transverse palmar crease
Brachydactyly
Short fingers
Brachycephaly
Broad, short skull
Macrocephaly
FOC greater than 97th percentile
Microcephaly
FOC less than 3rd percentile
Plagiocephaly
Asymmetric skull
Coarse facies
Absence of fine, sharp features of brows, nose, lips, mouth, chin; usually rounded and heavy features with thickened skin
Frontal bossing
Bilateral bulging of the lateral frontal bone prominen-ces with relative sparing of the midline
Micrognathia
Reduces length and width of the mandible (chin, jaw) when viewed from the front but not so much from the side
Prognathism
Protruding chin
Retrognathia
The lower jaw is set back from the plane of the face when viewed from the side but not the front
Bifid nose
Partial cleft or indentation in the nasal tip
Columella
Septum between nostrils
Nares
Nostrils
Nasal bridge
Area of upper nose between the eyes
Nasal ridge
Main, middle part of nose (not the bridge and not the tip)
Palpebral fissue
Outline formed from the outer canthus to the inner canthus
Ablepharon
Absent eyelids
Ankyloblepharon
Partial fusion of the upper and lower eyelids
Cryptophthalmos
Absense of palpebral fissues with continuous skin from forehead/eyebrows to cheeksNo eyes
Proptosis
Bulging eyes
Ptosis
Heavy eyelids; upper eyelids is posistioned 3mm or more lower than normal and covers superior portion of iris
Epicanthal folds
A fold of skin starting above the medial aspect of the upper eyelid and arching downward to cover, pass in front of and lateral to the medial canthusaka epicanthus
Cryptorchidism
Testes in inguinal canal, aka undescended testes
Hypospadius
ventral placement of urethral opening (more common than epispadius)
Epispadius
Dorsal placement of urethral opening
Epistaxis
nose bleeds
Anosmia
Loss of the sense of smell
Hematuria
presence of blood in the urine
Polydipsia
Abnormally great thirst
Polyphagia
Excess hunger or abnormally large intake of solids by mouth
Hirsutism
Male pattern of hair growth on female's face, chest, or back
Keloid
raised, bumpy scar after a wound has healed
Tubular nose
Wide nose, same width all the way down
Preaxial polydactyly
extra digit on thumb side (way less common than postaxial)
Postaxial polydactyly
extra digit on pinky finger side