ABSTRACT

Trisomy 18 (presence versus absence, shown in bold)

Trisomy 21 (presence versus absence, shown in bold)

Supernumerary Platysma cervicale (mouth to nuchal region)

5 (male 6 yrs L, male neonate R, male neonate B, female neonate L, male neonate B)/20 (not in female fetus, male fetus, 6 neonates, 5 male neonates, 2 female neonates)

13 (male fetus B, female fetus B, male neonate B, male neonate B, female neonate B, female neonate B, female neonate B, female neonate B, female neonate B, female neonate B, neonate B, neonate B, neonate B)/17 (not in 2 neonates, 2 female neonates)

5 (female 24 yrs B, female 2.4 yrs B, female 2.3 yrs B, male fetus B, female fetus B)/5

Levator glandulae thyroidae (thyroid cartilage to isthmus of gland)

2 (female neonate R, male neonate L)/20 (not in 7 male neonates, 6 neonates, male fetus, 2 female neonates, male 6 yrs, female fetus)

0/17 (not in 2 male neonates, 5 neonates, male fetus, 8 female neonates, female fetus)

0/5 (not in female fetus, male fetus, female 2.3 yrs, female 2.4 yrs, female 24 yrs)

Levator claviculae (between basilar portion of occipital bone and clavicle)

0/20 (not in 8 male neonates, 6 neonates, male fetus, 3 female neonates, male 6 yrs, female fetus)

0/17 (not in 2 male neonates, 5 neonates, male fetus, 8 female neonates, female fetus)

1 (female 24 yrs B)/5 (not in female 2.4 yrs, female 2.3 yrs, male fetus, female fetus)

Occipito-scapularis (superior nuchal line to serratus anterior)

0/24 (not in 10 male neonates, 6 neonates, male fetus, 5 female neonates, male 6 yrs, female fetus)

0/17 (not in 2 male neonates, 5 neonates, male fetus, 8 female neonates, female fetus)

2 (female 24 yrs L, male fetus L)/5 (not in female 2.4 yrs, female 2.3 yrs, female fetus)

Petropharyngeus (accessory levator muscle of pharynx, from undersurface of petrous portion of temporal bone to pharynx)

0/20 (not in 8 male neonates, 6 neonates, male fetus, 3 female neonates, male 6 yrs, female fetus)

0/17 (not in 2 male neonates, 5 neonates, male fetus, 8 female neonates, female fetus)

1 (female 2.3 yrs B)/5 (not in female 2.4 yrs, female 24 yrs, male fetus, female fetus)

Supracostalis (from fi rst rib to third or fourth rib)

2 (male 6 yrs, male neonate L)/20 (not in 7 male neonates, 6 neonates, male fetus, 3 female neonates, female fetus)

0/17 (not in 2 male neonates, 5 neonates, male fetus, 8 female neonates, female fetus)

1 (female 2.3 yrs L)/5 (not in female 2.4 yrs, female 24 yrs, male fetus, female fetus)

0/20 (not in 8 male neonates, 6 neonates, male fetus, 3 female neonates, male 6 yrs, female fetus)

1 (female neonate R)/17 (not in 2 male neonates, 5 neonates, male fetus, 7 female neonates, female fetus)

0/5 (not in female fetus, male fetus, female 2.3 yrs, female 2.4 yrs, female 24 yrs)

Table 3 contd....