The Role of the Medulla in the Brain

From the ponds, we move down and we're in the medulla. We've got cranial nerves like the vestibular cochlear, facial nerve, glossopharyngeal, vagus and hyperglossal. And here two really important reflexes is the swallowing and gag reflex and the coughing reflex. Both are involved in some degree in, both areinvolved in some degree out. Most of this crossing happens at the medulla - motor and sensory.