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Neurenteric :: Neurenteric (a.) Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm..

Preoblongata :: Preoblongata (n.) The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.

Myeloidin :: Myeloidin (n.) A substance, present in the protoplasm of the retinal epithelium cells, and resembling, if not identical with, the substance (myelin) forming the medullary sheaths of nerve fibers..

Myelin :: Myelin (n.) A soft white substance constituting the medullary sheats of nerve fibers, and composed mainly of cholesterin, lecithin, cerebrin, albumin, and some fat..

Metencephalon :: Metencephalon (n.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten..

Medullated :: Medullated (a.) Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber..

Notochord :: Notochord (n.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm..

Medulla :: Medulla (n.) A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith..

Cerebellum :: Cerebellum (n.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

Medullar :: Medullar (a.) See Medullary.

Crus :: Crus (n.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain..

Medulla :: Medulla (n.) Marrow; pith; hence, essence..

Medullary :: Medullary (a.) Filled with spongy pith; pithy.

Oblongata :: Oblongata (n.) The medulla oblongata.

Medulla :: Medulla (n.) The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata..

Oblongatal :: Oblongatal (a.) Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.

Bulbar :: Bulbar (a.) Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis..

Marrow :: Marrow (n.) The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color..

Endosteum :: Endosteum (n.) The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone.

Medullary :: Medullary (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla..

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