Term Name: medulla oblongata
Synonyms:
Definition: Brain structure that is located ventrocaudal to the cerebellum and just anterior to the spinal cord and contains the sensory and motor nuclei of six cranial nerves. In zebrafish, with the exception of the cerebellum, the ventral remainder of the metencephalon can be separated only arbitrarily from the more caudal myelencephalic portion of the medulla oblongata.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000545]

Relationships
is part of: brainstem hindbrain
has parts: abducens motor nucleus area postrema caudal root of abducens nerve decussation of medial funicular nucleus descending trigeminal root dorsal motor root of V facial lobe facial nerve motor nucleus glossopharyngeal lobe griseum centrale inferior olive interpeduncular nucleus medulla oblongata lateral line sensory nucleus lateral longitudinal fasciculus locus coeruleus Mauthner neuron medial funicular nucleus medulla oblongata nucleus isthmi nucleus lateralis valvulae nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus medulla oblongata octaval nerve motor nucleus octaval nerve sensory nucleus reticular formation rostral root of abducens nerve secondary gustatory nucleus medulla oblongata secondary gustatory tract sensory root of facial nerve sensory trigeminal nucleus trigeminal motor nucleus vagal lobe ventral rhombencephalic commissure medulla oblongata visceromotor column viscerosensory commissural nucleus of Cajal
is a type of: multi-tissue structure

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