Spinal-cord brainstem bulb {medulla, brain}| {medulla oblongata} includes basal ganglia and continues major nerve tracts. It relays auditory nerve sense and motor nerves, mediating phonation and articulation. It regulates cardiac action, chewing, tasting, swallowing, coughing, sneezing, salivation, vomiting, and sucking in newborns. Respiratory center maintains respiration. Some medulla-oblongata neurons make epinephrine.
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