Conjoined twins ("Siamese twins") may have one urinary tract or two. In the case of a single tract, one twin may have exclusive control over the release of urine from the bladder. Rarely, there is shared control. In any event, both must participate.
If there is a failure in the separation process of identical twins before the thirteenth day after fertilization, it can result in conjoined twins. Conjoined twins occur when the developing embryos do not fully separate and remain connected, sharing certain organs or body parts.
Yes. They used to be called Siamese twins but that was changed to conjoined twins for political correctness. They are twins that are born joined together by some part of their body due to the egg bot completely separating during pregnancy.
Dr. C. Everett Koop was the first surgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins in 1956. The twins were conjoined at the abdomen and were named Patrick and Benjamin Binder. The surgery was performed at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Conjoined twins are monozygotic, meaning they develop from a single fertilized egg that splits incompletely during early development.
It is estimated that conjoined twins occur in about 1 in every 200,000 live births, which means there are likely several hundred pairs of conjoined twins in the world at any given time. However, exact numbers are difficult to determine due to the rarity of the condition and privacy concerns.
Conjoined twins cannot be bred. This condition is not genetic.A set of male conjoined twins fathering children with a set of female conjoined twins will almost certainly produce children who are not even twins at all.
The most famous (Chinese) conjoined twins were the Siamese twins
conjoined twins are very very very rare .
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why can't conjoined twins be brothers and sisters
No, conjoined twins Brittany and Abby are not married.
No, Brittany and Abby Hensel, the conjoined twins, are not married.
The twins were conjoined when they were born.
There is Identical twins, Nonidentical twins and Conjoined twins.
Craniopagus twins are conjoined twins who are attached at the head.
Just that, female conjoined twins. In some languages all nouns have gender, so in French, Les Jumelles Siamesienne, the enne suffix would mean female. By the way, conjoined twins, being also identical twins, are always the same gender.
Meaning: Consisting of two or more associated entities; to join