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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

For example, when the medulla is active, it initiates breathing.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024

This layer is also very fragile, but only thick or coarse hairs contain this part – so those with thin or blond hair typically don’t have the medulla layer in their hairs.

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

Scattered in the “reticular substance” of the medulla from the upper end of the fourth ventricle to the pyramidal decussation, they merit the collective designation of reticular ganglia.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot


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