Location in English Hierarchy of Brain Structures

(H) human only

(M) monkey only

MEDULLA OBLONGATA

Volumetric Substructures VESTIBULAR NUCLEI COCHLEAR NUCLEI MEDULLARY RETICULAR FORMATION RAPHE NUCLEI OF MEDULLA SOLITARY NUCLEUS INFERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX commissural nucleus of vagus nerve dorsal motor nucleus of vagus nerve central gray substance of medulla hypoglossal nucleus nucleus prepositus nucleus intercalatus diffuse reticular nucleus paratrigeminal nucleus peritrigeminal nucleus sublingual nucleus inferior salivatory nucleus nucleus ambiguus gracile nucleus cuneate nucleus accessory cuneate nucleus lateral pericuneate nucleus medial pericuneate nucleus caudal part of spinal trigeminal nucleus central canal pontobulbar nucleus arcuate nucleus of medulla supraspinal nucleus medullary anterior horn Superficial Features inferior olive anterior median fissure glossopharyngeal nerve vagus nerve cranial part of accessory nerve hypoglossal nerve pyramid of medulla dorsolateral sulcus dorsal intermediate sulcus dorsal median sulcus retro-olivary sulcus ventrolateral sulcus trigeminal tubercle cuneate tubercle gracilis tubercle

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