The pancreas for example secretes insulin( a hormone) directly into the blood in response to the blood glucose level. Lastly, a seizure is a type of involuntary movement. Seizures like a grand mal seizure is a storm of electrical activity in the brain that causes uncontrollable muscular movements.
The noun DAMPER BLOCK has 1 sense: 1. damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration. Familiarity information: DAMPER BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
automatic vent damper. . The typical automatic vent damper is an electrically controlled flap that sits in the vent connector, just downstream (after) of the draft hood (draft diverter). It's just a fancy sock to stop air leaking up the chimney when the furnace is off. There are also heat activated vent dampers, but these are less common.