medulla
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For example, when the medulla is active, it initiates breathing.
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
This gathering is known as the medulla oblongata.
From The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 by Henry Calderwood