bulbospinal

Adjective

Meaning

(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or connecting the medulla oblongata and the spinal cord.

Of an animal: exhibiting only the reflexes that are integrated within the spinal cord and medulla oblongata, and not those from the midbrain and cortex, as a result of decerebration.

Examples

Bulbospinal polio Approximately 19% of all paralytic polio cases have both bulbar and spinal symptoms; this subtype is called respiratory or bulbospinal polio. Source: Internet

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