Question
This structure is located below the pons and it has parts known as olivary bodies, or olives. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this part of the brainstem that controls reflexes such as swallowing and sneezing.
ANSWER: medulla oblongata
[10h] The medulla oblongata contains this portion of the ventral respiratory group that generates the rhythmic signals that drive inhalation. It is near a similarly-named structure that handles exhalation.
ANSWER: pre-Bötzinger complex [or preBötC; do not accept "Bötzinger complex"]
[10e] The tenth cranial nerve exits the medulla oblongata and innervates, among other things, this organ that is used to make sound.
ANSWER: larynx [or larynges or voice boxes or vocal cords or vocal folds]
<Fredrick Morlan , Science - Biology - Anatomy>
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