The lowest part of the vertebrate brain, controlling autonomic functions like breathing, heart activity, swallowing, digestion, and vomiting.
La parte más baja del cerebro de los vertebrados, comúnmente llamada médula; una hinchazón del cerebro posterior anterior a la médula espinal que controla las funciones autonómicas y homeostáticas, incluida la respiración, la actividad del corazón y los vasos sanguíneos, la deglución, la digestión y el vómito.
| Front | medulla oblongata |
|---|---|
| Back | The lowest part of the vertebrate brain, commonly called the medulla; a swelling of the hindbrain anterior to the spinal cord that controls autonomic, homeostatic functions, including breathing, heart and blood vessel activity, swallowing, digestion, and vomiting. |
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