Obex
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Brain: OBEX Hind-brain of a human embryo of three months—viewed from behind and partly from left side.
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The obex (from the Latin for barrier ) is the point in the human brain at which the fourth ventricle narrows to become the central canal of the spinal cord . The obex occurs in the caudal medulla .
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Rhombencephalon
MYELENCEPHALON /MEDULLA arcuate nucleus of medulla , solitary nucleus , hypoglossal nucleus , nucleus ambiguus , olivary body , cuneate nucleus , accessory cuneate nucleus , gracile nucleus , inferior salivatory nucleus , nucleus raphe obscurus , nucleus raphe magnus , nucleus raphe pallidus , area postrema
METENCEPHALON /CEREBELLUM :cerebellar vermis , flocculus , arbor vitae
METENCEPHALON /PONS :pontine tegmentum , superior salivary nucleus , trapezoid body , pontine nuclei (superior olivary nucleus , trigeminal nerve nuclei , abducens nucleus , facial motor nucleus , cochlear nuclei , vestibular nuclei ), locus ceruleus , paramedian pontine reticular formation , nucleus centralis superior
FOURTH VENTRICLE :obex , median aperture
See also
Did you mean OBEX , OBject EXchange protocol used in computer data transfer?
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