Area postrema
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| Brain: Area postrema | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rhomboid fossa. (Area postrema labeled at bottom center.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #187 800 | |
| Acronym(s) | AP | |
| NeuroNames | hier-769 | |
| MeSH | A08.186.211.132.810.406.286 | |
The Area postrema is a part of the brain. The lower end of the ala cinerea is crossed by a narrow translucent ridge, the funiculus separans, and between this funiculus and the clava, is a small tongue-shaped area, the area postrema.
The Area postrema, one of the circumventricular organs, detects toxins in the blood and acts as a vomit inducing center. It connects to the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract and other autonomic control centers in the brainstem.
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