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Medulla Oblongata
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Description: Section of the medulla oblongata at about the middle of the olivary body. f.l.a., anterior median fissure; n.ar., nucleus arciformis; p., pyramid; XII., bundle of hypoglossal nerve emerging from the surface; at b, it is seen coursing between the pyramid and the olivary nucleus, o.; f.a.e., external arciform fibers; n.l., nucleus lateralis; a., arciform fibers passing towards restiform body, partly through the substantia gelatinosa, g., partly superficial to the ascending root of the fifth nerve, a.V.; X., bundle of vagus root emerging; f.r., formatio reticularis; c.r., corpus restiform, beginning to be formed, chiefly by arciform fibers, superficial and deep; n.c., nucleus of the funiculus teres; n.am., nucleus ambiguus; r., raphe; A., continuation of the anterior column of cord; o', o", accessory olivary nucleus; p.o., pedunculus olivae.
Source: Baker, W. Morrant & Harris, Vincent Dormer Kirkes' Hand-book of Physiology, 13th ed. (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1892) 609
Keywords: "medulla oblongata", ""brain stem", "spinal cord"
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