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.
Heavy Duty/Industrial. A backdraft damper is an isolation damper allowing air in one direction only. Greenheck's HB damper series is designed to prevent back flow at static pressures and velocities up to 20 in. wg and 6400 fpm, respectively.