When the Seventh Cranial Nerve (The Facial Nerve) Becomes Inflamed

question 31

True/False

When the seventh cranial nerve (the facial nerve) becomes inflamed, secondary to Lyme disease or herpes simplex, a nerve palsy will develop called Bell's palsy.

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Definitions:

Nephron

The functional unit of the kidney, responsible for urine formation.

Renal Cortex

The outer part of the kidney where initial filtering of blood occurs.

Functional Unit

The smallest part of an organ that can perform all of the functions of that organ.

Podocytes

Specialized cells in the kidney that form part of the filtration barrier in the glomerulus, playing a crucial role in the body's ability to filter blood and produce urine.