medulla oblongata

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lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)

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the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning Source: Internet

Although the inferior olive lies in the medulla oblongata and receives input from the spinal cord, brainstem and cerebral cortex, its output goes entirely to the cerebellum. Source: Internet

At about the same time, the hindbrain splits into the metencephalon (which will contain the cerebellum and pons) and the myelencephalon (which will contain the medulla oblongata ). Source: Internet

It consists of two olfactory lobes, two cerebral hemispheres, a pineal body, two optic lobes, a cerebellum and a medulla oblongata. Source: Internet

In a manuscript written between 1741 and 1744, unpublished in his lifetime, Swedenborg referred to CSF as "spirituous lymph" secreted from the roof of the fourth ventricle down to the medulla oblongata and spinal cord. Source: Internet

Information from these sets of sensors is sent to the respiratory center in the medulla oblongata of the brain which activates the effector organs, which, in this case, are the skeletal muscles of respiration (particularly the diaphragm ). Source: Internet

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