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"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)
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nouna white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fiberstype of:
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nounthe inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animalOpposite:type of:
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