1. What does community participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) mean and how does that affect a homeowner? Communities (i.e., local governments) decide to participate in the NFIP, which enables property owners to purchase insurance protection against losses from flooding.
Print. Marfan syndrome in humans is caused by an abnormality of the connective tissue protein fibrillin. Patients are usually very tall and thin, with long spindly fingers, curvature of the spine, sometimes weakened arterial walls, and sometimes ocular problems, such as lens dislocation.rint. Marfan syndrome in humans is caused by an abnormality of the connective tissue protein fibrillin. Patients are usually very tall and thin, with long spindly fingers, curvature of the spine, sometimes weakened arterial walls, and sometimes ocular problems, such as lens dislocation.
Marfan syndrome is the most common inherited disorder of the connective tissue, commonly affecting the skeletal system, heart, blood vessels and eyes. People with Marfan syndrome are usually quite tall and thin, and their arms and legs are longer than normal. They also often have long fingers (arachnodactyly), an abnormal curvature of the spine (kyphoscoliosis), and dislocation of the lens of the eye.