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Descriptor English: Medulla Oblongata
Descriptor Spanish: Bulbo Raquídeo
Descriptor bulbo raquídeo
Entry term(s) bulbo
médula oblonga
médula oblongada
Scope note: Parte más inferior del TRONCO ENCEFÁLICO. Está ituado debajo del PUENTE y es anterior al CEREBELO. El bulbo raquídeo es una estación de cambio entre el cerebro y la médula espinal y contiene los centros para la regulación de las actividades respiratoria, vasomotora, cardiaca y reflejas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bulbo
Descriptor French: Moelle allongée
Entry term(s): Accessory Cuneate Nucleus
Ambiguous Nucleus
Ambiguus, Nucleus
Arcuate Nucleus 1
Arcuate Nucleus of the Medulla
Arcuate Nucleus-1
Arcuate Nucleus-1s
Cuneate Nucleus, Accessory
Cuneate Nucleus, External
Cuneate Nucleus, Lateral
External Cuneate Nucleus
Lateral Cuneate Nucleus
Medulla Oblongatas
Nucleus Ambiguus
Nucleus, Accessory Cuneate
Nucleus, Ambiguous
Nucleus, External Cuneate
Nucleus, Lateral Cuneate
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.132.810.591.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008526
Scope note: The lower portion of the BRAIN STEM. It is inferior to the PONS and anterior to the CEREBELLUM. Medulla oblongata serves as a relay station between the brain and the spinal cord, and contains centers for regulating respiratory, vasomotor, cardiac, and reflex activities.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 22559
Unique ID: D008526
NLM Classification: WL 310
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Medulla Oblongata - Preferred
Concept UI M0013280
Scope note The lower portion of the BRAIN STEM. It is inferior to the PONS and anterior to the CEREBELLUM. Medulla oblongata serves as a relay station between the brain and the spinal cord, and contains centers for regulating respiratory, vasomotor, cardiac, and reflex activities.
Preferred term Medulla Oblongata
Entry term(s) Medulla Oblongatas
Arcuate Nucleus of the Medulla - Narrower
Concept UI M0593718
Preferred term Arcuate Nucleus of the Medulla
Entry term(s) Arcuate Nucleus 1
Arcuate Nucleus-1
Arcuate Nucleus-1s
Nucleus Ambiguus - Narrower
Concept UI M0593707
Preferred term Nucleus Ambiguus
Entry term(s) Ambiguous Nucleus
Ambiguus, Nucleus
Nucleus, Ambiguous
Accessory Cuneate Nucleus - Narrower
Concept UI M0593701
Preferred term Accessory Cuneate Nucleus
Entry term(s) Cuneate Nucleus, Accessory
Cuneate Nucleus, External
Cuneate Nucleus, Lateral
External Cuneate Nucleus
Lateral Cuneate Nucleus
Nucleus, Accessory Cuneate
Nucleus, External Cuneate
Nucleus, Lateral Cuneate



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