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medulla

[muh-duhl-uh] / məˈdʌl ə /


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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

The researchers assumed the brain's frontal cortex, which orchestrates complex thoughts and behaviors, was somehow communicating to a brainstem region called the medulla, which controls automatic breathing.

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2024

The innermost, or core layer, is the medulla.

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 the center or axis of the tree is the pith or medulla, Fig.

From Wood and Forest by William Noyes




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