-
"the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning"nounlower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
Similar:
type of:part of: -
nouna white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fiberstype of:
-
nounthe inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animalOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains medulla
- bulb lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
- adrenaline a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
- adrenalin a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
- myelin a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
- epinephrine a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
- cerebellum a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans
- norepinephrine a catecholamine precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the adrenal medulla and also released at synapses
- medulla lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
- medulla a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
- pons a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain