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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

It consists of the midbrain, medulla oblongata, and the pons.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The major factor that stimulates the medulla oblongata and pons to produce respiration is surprisingly not oxygen concentration, but rather the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The paired vertebral arteries join together to form the large basilar artery at the base of the medulla oblongata.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

From the internal capsule, the motor fibres pass as the pyramidal tract through the crusta of each crus cerebri, the pons and the medulla oblongata.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander




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