1. Medullary sinuses contain histiocytes ( immobile macrophages ) and reticular cells.2. The ventral portion of the medulla oblongata contains the medullary pyramids. 3. Anesthetic overdose cause medullary paralysis with respiratory arrest and vasomotor collapse. 4. The cortical plates are thick and there is a medullary cavity. 5. The ability to produce hyposmotic urine is from the medullary cones. 6. Two less common types are anaplastic and medullary thyroid cancers. 7. Most malignant thyroid cancers are medullary , and thyroid lymphoma. 8. Thyroglobulin is not produced by medullary or anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. 9. The medullary respiratory center can be subdivided into anterior and posterior portions. 10. This washes out the cortical medullary gradient in the kidney.