Organ component of neuraxis that has as its parts the medullary reticular formation, inferior olivary complex and cochlear nuclear complex, among other structures[FMA]. The medulla oblongata lies directly above the spinal cord and controls vital autonomic functions such as digestion, breathing and the control of heart rate[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_marrow_of_ovary_oblongata http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021550 FMA:62004 ]
Synonyms: bulbus
Term information
- EHDAA:7588
- TAO:0000545
- VHOG:0000181
- ZFA:0000545
- BAMS:MY
- EFO:0000924
- MA:0000206
- BAMS:Md
- UMLS:C1269575 (BIRNLEX:957)
- CALOHA:TS-0607
- MIAA:0000111
- XAO:0003100
- MBA:354
- EHDAA2:0001088
- AAO:0010486
- SCTID:279104005
- MAT:0000367
- EV:0100275
- FMA:62004
- EMAPA:17550
- BM:Me
- BTO:0000041
- DMBA:17352
- GAID:590
- MAT:0000111
- BIRNLEX:957
- NCIT:C12442
- MESH:D008526
- Wikipedia:Bone_marrow_of_ovary_oblongata
- UMLS:C0025148 (ncithesaurus:Medulla_Oblongata)
- neuronames:698 (BIRNLEX:957)
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The posterior region of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-17, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG]
Posterior portion of the hindbrain which controls respiration, heartbeat, digestion, and swallowing as well as some locomotor responses.[AAO]
Classical anatomical studies subdivided the vertebrate rhombencephalon into pons and medulla oblongata. (...) The medulla oblongata appears therefore as a tagma, that is, a group of segmental units (pseudorhombomeres, in this case) sharing some morphological and molecular characteristics, and in some aspects different from the segmental units present in adjoining brain regions, pons and spinal cord.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- ectoderm-derived structure
- environment associated with an animal part or small animal
- organ part
- part of some brainstem
- capable of some regulation of heart rate
- capable of some regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange
- capable of some regulation of digestive system process
- part of some myelencephalon
- nucleus of medulla oblongata
- white matter of medulla oblongata
- medulla oblongata sulcus limitans
- olivary body
- pre-Botzinger complex
- central gray substance of medulla
- root of abducens nerve
- medial longitudinal fasciculus of medulla
- area postrema
- tectobulbar tract
- solitary tract nuclear complex
- glossopharyngeal lobe
- vestibular nuclear complex
- cochlear nuclear complex
- medullary raphe nuclear complex
- medullary reticular formation
- lateral corticospinal tract
- visceromotor column
- sensory root of facial nerve
- glossopharyngeal nerve root
- hypoglossal nerve root
- medulla oblongata anterior median fissure