medulla
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For example, when the medulla is active, it initiates breathing.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
However, messages coming down from the pons actually inhibit activity in the medulla, leading breathing rates to slow down.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
Each hair can have three layers – the medulla, the cortex and the cuticle.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
The library nearly resembles the shape of a brain, with the entrance being the medulla oblongata and the robust flooring as the cerebellum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
At times there is marked fatty degeneration of cortex and medulla, giving to them a yellowish streaking.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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