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medulla oblongata

structure of the brainstem that joins your spinal cord to the rest of the brain and it is responsible to involuntary functions like breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure. It also integrates sensory and motor signals and coordinates reflexes.
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Summary

medulla oblongata is a brain region[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of brain region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,916 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: organ type[3], class of anatomical entity[4]
  • Subclass of: segment of hindbrain[5], particular anatomical entity[6]
  • Part of: brain stem[7], rhombencephalon[8]
  • Commons category: Medulla oblongata[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Medulla oblongata[10]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[11]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12442[12]
  • Develops from: myelencephalon[13]

Why It Matters

medulla oblongata has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Medulla oblongata.gif
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: Medulla oblongata.gif, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Develops from → myelencephalon
    Instance of → brain region, organ type, class of anatomical entity
    Part of → brain stem, rhombencephalon
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3179175
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007563016105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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