President Pro Tempore. The Senate consists of 50 members who serve a term of two years. The Lieutenant Governor is President of the Senate and presides over the daily session. The Lieutenant Governor is elected by the citizens of North Carolina for a four-year term. He/she has no vote in the Senate except to break a tie. The Senate elects officers from their membership including the President Pro Tempore.
test 1. n. 1. A procedure for critical evaluation; a means of determining the presence, quality, or truth of something; a trial: a test of one's eyesight; subjecting a hypothesis to a test; a test of an athlete's endurance.
thirst center a group of cells in the lateral hypothalamus that when stimulated cause a sensation of thirst. trauma center an institution officially designated as a site to which catastrophically injured patients can be brought quickly to receive specialized care.enter. 1. the middle point of a body. 2. a collection of neurons in the central nervous system that are concerned with performance of a particular function. accelerating center the part of the vasomotor center involved in acceleration of the heart.