The medulla can be thought of as being in two parts:
• an upper open part or superior part where the dorsal surface of the medulla is formed by the 展开

A blood vessel blockage (such as in a stroke) will injure the pyramidal tract, medial lemniscus, and the hypoglossal nucleus. This … 展开

• Lobes
• Cross section of the medulla (in red) and surrounding tissues.
• Anteroinferior view of the medulla oblongata and pons.
• Base of brain. 展开

The medulla oblongata connects the higher levels of the brain to the spinal cord, and is responsible for several functions of the autonomous nervous system which include:
• The control of ventilation via signals from the carotid 展开

Both lampreys and hagfish possess a fully developed medulla oblongata. Since these are both very similar to early agnathans, it has been suggested that the medulla evolved in these early fish, … 展开

• Stained brain slice images which include the "medulla" at the BrainMaps project 展开