For some, payment ends with the death of the annuitant, but others provide for payment to a spouse or other beneficiary for years afterward. The fixed-period, or period-certain, annuity guarantees payments to the annuitant for a predetermined length of time.
Medulla Oblongota. 1  The part of the brain that regulates basic functions like heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, coughing, sneezing. 2  The part of the brain where the optic nerves cross., the point at which the optic nerves from the inside half of each eye cross over and then project to the opposite half of the brain.
Medulla Oblongota. The part of the brain that regulates basic functions like heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, coughing, sneezing. Connects the brain to the spinal cord. Autonomic reflex center for maintaining body homeostatis; adjusts force and rate of heart contraction, adjusts blood vessel diameter for bp, generate respiratory rhythm, rate and depth of breathing (w/pons), regulate vomiting, hiccuping, swallowing, coughing, sneezing.