Your medulla oblongata plays an essential role in passing messages between your spinal cord and brain. Learn more about this essential organ, along with diseases and injuries that may affect it.

Find out what you need to know about the medulla oblongata, what role it plays in the body, and potential issues.

Many conditions can damage the medulla, including medullary sponge kidney, medullary cystic kidney, kidney infection, and renal medullary carcinoma.

THIS book consists of a detailed account of a model of the medulla oblongata, pons Varolii and mesencephalon, which was made in the anatomical laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University by a ...