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.
Dendrites (from Greek Î´Î­Î½Î´ÏÎ¿Î½ dendron, dÃ©ndron) (tree also) dendron are the branched projections of a neuron that act to propagate the electrochemical stimulation received from other neural cells to the cell, body or, soma of the neuron from which the dendrites. projectong outgrowths on immune system dendritic cells are also called dendrites. These are not to be confused with dendrites on a neuron. Dendritic cells are antigen-presenting cells in the mammalian immune system. Their dendrites do not process electrical signals.