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.
1 Damper-A metal door to close a flue when a fireplace is not in use. 2  Flue-The passageway in the chimney. 3  Hearth-The floor of a fireplace. 4  The part of a hearth which projects into a room may be called the front or outer hearth.