oblongata
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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
They signal the cardiovascular center as well as the respiratory centers in the medulla oblongata.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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
Changes in the pH of CSF affect the respiratory center in the medulla oblongata, which can directly modulate breathing rate to bring the pH back into the normal range.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The heart in vaso-motor paresis and paralysis is weakened in the first instance by the direct action of the poison on the medulla oblongata and the intracardiac ganglia.
From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.
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