part of part of capable of capable of regulation of heart rate regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange regulation of digestive system process Homo sapiens organ part medulla oblongata http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Illu_pituitary_pineal_glands.jpg EHDAA:7588 Posterior portion of the hindbrain which controls respiration, heartbeat, digestion, and swallowing as well as some locomotor responses.[AAO] GAID:590 BTO:0000041 MBA:354 MIAA:0000111 Classical anatomical studies subdivided the vertebrate rhombencephalon into pons and medulla oblongata. (...) The medulla oblongata appears therefore as a tagma, that is, a group of segmental units (pseudorhombomeres, in this case) sharing some morphological and molecular characteristics, and in some aspects different from the segmental units present in adjoining brain regions, pons and spinal cord.[well established][VHOG] metepencephalon XAO:0003100 EHDAA2:0001088 medulla oblonzata MAT:0000367 EMAPA:17550 MESH:D008526 neuronames:698 The posterior region of the brain that is continuous with the spinal cord. [Bemis_WE, Functional_Anatomy_of_the_Vertebrates:_An_Evolutionary_Perspective, Glossary_G-17, Grande_L, Liem_KF, Third_Edition_(2001)_Orlando_Fla.:_Harcourt_College_Publishers, Walker_WF][VHOG] MA:0000206 UMLS:C0025148 bulb AAO:0010486 CALOHA:TS-0607 DMBA:17352 UBERON:0001896 medulla EV:0100275 EFO:0000924 TAO:0000545 ZFA:0000545 MAT:0000111 FMA:62004 BAMS:MY NCIT:C12442 bulbus UMLS:C1269575 VHOG:0000181 Organ component of neuraxis that has as its parts the medullary reticular formation, inferior olivary complex and cochlear nuclear complex, among other structures[FMA]. The medulla oblongata lies directly above the spinal cord and controls vital autonomic functions such as digestion, breathing and the control of heart rate[GO]. SCTID:279104005 BIRNLEX:957 BAMS:Md Wikipedia:Bone_marrow_of_ovary_oblongata BM:Me hindbrain brainstem myelencephalon