11. In some judicial hangings the odontoid process may break and hit the medulla oblongata , causing death. 12. After crossing over to the contralateral side in the medulla oblongata ( lateral corticospinal tract ". 13. The "'medulla oblongata "'( or medulla ) is located in the hindbrain, anterior to the cerebellum. 14. These sensory and mental inputs converge on the hypothalamus, which relays signals to the medulla oblongata . 15. Weiss is remembered for pioneer systematic research of the spinal marrow, medulla oblongata and basal ganglia. 16. The medulla oblongata , located between pons and spine, seems to have the capacity for organism-wide muscle inhibition. 17. These fibers terminate at the medulla oblongata . 18. The axons end by synapsing on third-order neurons in the inferior olivary nuclei in the medulla oblongata . 19. They are located within the caudal medulla oblongata , in the nucleus of the solitary tract ( NTS ). 20. In 1811, studied respiration in animal dissection and lesions and found the center of respiration in the medulla oblongata .