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.
Hi Kel, I have MS & I have a brain stem lesion in the Pons area. It was easily picked up when I had a MRI. The MRI was a 3 tesla machine & the MRI was carried out using MS protocol. The brain stem is the area of the brain that connects the brain to the spinal cord & is the main control centre between the two. Nobody really knows if a lesion in any area of the brain will or won't cause problems. I think that my spinal lesions were less clear on MRI than my brain lesions.