1.   Any thoughts I had of eating, drinking or relieving bodily functions were forgotten.

2.   First of all, the brain controls many bodily functions, either directly via nerve impulses or indirectly via hormones.

3.   If the neurons control automatic bodily functions, heart rate and breathing are impaired.

4.   It was the fact of having bodily functions.

5.   Most of us seek to preserve independence in matters in which the bodily functions of urinating and excreting are concerned.

6.   Most people consider elimination to be a very private bodily function and therefore find it an embarrassing subject to discuss with hospital staff.

7.   The intimate aspects of bodily function are more easily expressed with a person of the same gender.

8.   The nervous system regulates our bodily functions.

9.   This holding-back plays havoc with bodily functions, and research is continually showing us new relationships between stress and our physiology.