| 单词 | brainstem |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrainstem brainstem n. [after German Hirnstamm (1824 or earlier)] the series of unpaired neural structures situated between the brain and the spinal cord; esp. the medulla oblongata, midbrain, and pons. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nervous system > cerebrospinal axis > brain > parts of brain > [noun] > brain-stem brainstem1874 brain axis1887 1874 Chicago Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 1 496 We would have left above the spinal cord proper, what is called in the system of Meynert, the ‘brain-stem’, (Hirnstamm) or in more common language, the ‘peduncles’ of the brain. 1927 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. vi. 142 When we are ‘doing nothing’ the cortex is all the time inhibiting the postural centres in the brain-stem from producing rigidity. 1946 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 July 3/1 Heller and others, found the cortex of animals inexcitable, but evoked convulsions from the brainstem, particularly from the medulla oblongata. 1997 J. Leggatt tr. J. D. Bauby Diving-bell & Butterfly 12 A cerebro-vascular accident put my brain-stem out of action. < as lemmas |
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