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.
A short block is an engine sub-assembly comprising the portion of the cylinder block below the head gasket but above the oil pan.[1] An in-block cam engine includes the camshaft, timing gear, and any balance shafts. Overhead cam engines don't include those parts. Applications. Mechanics purchase a shortblock as a quicker way to rebuild an engineâavoiding the work and time of rebuilding and assembling the shortblock components. Companies that provide short blocks may also offer performance improving engine work.