Also called ES cells, embryonic stem cells are cells derived from the inner cell mass of developing blastocysts. An ES cell is self-renewing (can replicate itself), pluripotent (can form all cell types found in the body) and theoretically is immortal. type of stem cell that resides in the brain, which can make new nerve cells (called neurons) and other cells that support nerve cells (called glia).
17. The weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle is known as __________. myoparesis. 18. Symptoms of __________ syndrome occur when the tendons that pass through the carpal tunnel are chronically overused and become inflamed and swollen.
Asymmetric facial weakness and sagging are a classic presentation of Facial Nerve paralysis, termed Bell's Palsy (after the Scot physician Charles Bell who described it). It classically comes on suddenly and in most, but not all cases, resolves completely with near-normal to normal facial muscle functions.