Anatomy
reticular formation
re·tic·u·lar for·ma·tion
Subclass of:
Brain Stem
Definitions related to reticular formation:
  • A region extending from the PONS & MEDULLA OBLONGATA through the MESENCEPHALON, characterized by a diversity of neurons of various sizes and shapes, arranged in different aggregations and enmeshed in a complicated fiber network.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Area in the tegmentum of the midbrain and pons and its continuation into the medulla and upper spinal cord, characterized by a diversity of neurons of various sizes and shapes, arranged in different aggregations and enmeshed in a complicated fiber network.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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