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medulla oblongata
Used for:
cuneate nucleus
Broader Terms:
rhombencephalon
Narrower Terms:
area postrema
Narrower Terms:
dorsal motor nucleus
Narrower Terms:
hypoglossal nucleus
Narrower Terms:
solitary tract nucleus
Related Terms:
respiration regulatory center
Scope Note:
caudal subdivision of the hindbrain interposed between the spinal cord and the pons; adult derivative of the myelencephalon, the most caudal subdivision of the developing brain; it has two subdivisions the open medulla bordering on the fourth ventricle and the closed medulla which surrounds the rostral part of the central canal.
Term Number:
0480-1286
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