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What is a medulla oblongata?

What is a medulla oblongata? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (neuroanatomy) The lower portion of the brainstem.
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Located at the base of the skull, the medulla oblongata is continuous with the spinal cord at the foramen magnum.
Those of the medulla oblongata are sufficiently greater to be seldom seriously strained.
Many arterial branches arise from the vertebral and basilar artery to supply the medulla oblongata and the pons.
In the lower part of the illustration is the cut surface of the medulla oblongata and a view of the ventral pons from below.
Vomiting is controlled by a vomiting centre located in the medulla oblongata of the brain stem.
Words like cortex, medulla oblongata, psychosomatic, and other terms were now clear to me in their meanings and implications.

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