ventricle and is the master control of the autonomic system. It plays a role in controlling behaviors such as hunger, thirst, sleep, and sexual response. It also regulates body temperature, blood pressure, emotions, and secretion of hormones. Pituitary gland - lies in a small pocket of bone at the skull base called the sella turcica.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells (also known as accessory cells) of the mammalian immune system. Their main function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells of the immune system.
Dendritic cell are immune system cells whose function is to identify cancer cells, and pathogens like viruses, bad bacteria and fungus, so the the immune system T cells can then kill them. If a cancer cell is not identified by a dendritic cell, the T cells won't know it needs to be killed.