Question

The pediatrician at the clinic explains to parents of a newborn that their child suffers from cleft palate. she tells them that the normal palate fused in an anterior to posterior pattern. the child's palatine processes have not fused. have his palatine bones fused normally? explain.

Answer 1

Answer: No

The answer is no because the newborn palatine bones did not fused in the first place. If the palatine processes have not fused, then the palatine bones remain unfused since the palatine bones are still posterior to the palatine processes of the maxillae. With this, the non-fusion of palatine bones resulted to a cleft palate child.