CENTRUM VITALE
\sˈɛntɹəm vˈa͡ɪte͡ɪl], \sˈɛntɹəm vˈaɪteɪl], \s_ˈɛ_n_t_ɹ_ə_m v_ˈaɪ_t_eɪ_l]\
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A term applied, at times, to the medulla oblongata; at others, to the medulla oblongata, and the medulla spinalis as far as the second cervical nerve of the spinal marrow, in any part of which a wound would seem to be instantly fatal. It is the nervous centre of respiration and deglutition.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).