For some, payment ends with the death of the annuitant, but others provide for payment to a spouse or other beneficiary for years afterward. The fixed-period, or period-certain, annuity guarantees payments to the annuitant for a predetermined length of time.
Medulla Oblongota. 1  The part of the brain that regulates basic functions like heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, coughing, sneezing. 2  The part of the brain where the optic nerves cross., the point at which the optic nerves from the inside half of each eye cross over and then project to the opposite half of the brain.
Broca's area. Broca's area or the Broca area /broÊËkÉË/ or /ËbroÊkÉ/ is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere (usually the left) of the hominid brain with functions linked to speech production. Language processing has been linked to Broca's area since Pierre Paul Broca reported impairments in two patients.