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Skin
⁃ color and appearance
⁃ Perfusion : normal / mottling
⁃ Skin condition, Anamolies
⁃ Subaponeurotic hemorrhage
⁃ Sternocleidomastoid / torticollis
Torticollis >> wry neck ( twisted), due to dystonia
fixed or dynamic posturing of the head and neck in tilt,
rotation, and flexion
⁃ Cranial anomalies

Male
⁃ Location of urethra meatus
⁃ Penis
⁃ Scrotum : testis descended / hydorocele/ hernia
Female
⁃ Location of urethral meatus
⁃ Clitoris
⁃ Labia majora/ minora
⁃ Hymenal opening , tags
Hips
⁃ hip stability :
Barlow
Ortani
Hip click/ clunk

⁃ Crease asymmetry / abnormal limb length
⁃ Gluteal fold asymmetry or leg length discrepancy is suggestive
of dysplasia


Limbs
⁃ arm , hands and fingers
⁃ Syndactyly
⁃ Limb anomalies
⁃ Legs, feet and toes
⁃ Talipus equinovarus
⁃ Webbed toes


⁃ Sucking/ rooting
Turning of head toward light tactile stimulation of
perioral area
Present by 32 weeks gestation
⁃ Palmar/plantar grasp
⁃ Palmar : present by 28 weeks’ gestation and gone by 4 months
of age.