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Q: Webbed neck is a characteristic of
  • A. Down's syndrome
  • B. Turner's syndrome
  • C. Klinefelter's syndrome
  • D. Cri-du-chat syndrome
Correct Answer: Option B - Features of ‘Turner's syndrome’ may include a short neck with a webbed appearance, low hair line at the back of the neck, low-set ears, hands and feet that are swollen or puffy at birth and soft nails that turn upward. Girls with Turner syndrome grow more slowly than other children. In Turner's syndrome also known 45,X or 45,XO, is a genetic condition in which a female is partly or completely missing an X chromosome.
B. Features of ‘Turner's syndrome’ may include a short neck with a webbed appearance, low hair line at the back of the neck, low-set ears, hands and feet that are swollen or puffy at birth and soft nails that turn upward. Girls with Turner syndrome grow more slowly than other children. In Turner's syndrome also known 45,X or 45,XO, is a genetic condition in which a female is partly or completely missing an X chromosome.

Explanations:

Features of ‘Turner's syndrome’ may include a short neck with a webbed appearance, low hair line at the back of the neck, low-set ears, hands and feet that are swollen or puffy at birth and soft nails that turn upward. Girls with Turner syndrome grow more slowly than other children. In Turner's syndrome also known 45,X or 45,XO, is a genetic condition in which a female is partly or completely missing an X chromosome.