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[NLM MeSH](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68008526)", "Where specimen and modality permit, test whether pyramids, olives and inferior cerebellar peduncles form a coherent medullary landmark pattern; do not identify it from one contour alone. [Computed tomography of the medulla](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7122899/)", "Distinguish the spinal cord transition using an explicitly chosen anatomical convention; the obex and pyramidal decussation must not be treated as the same landmark. [Cervicomedullary junction study](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7818608/)", "Require whole-region extent before labelling an observation as the medulla oblongata; an inferior olivary complex or area postrema observation identifies a constituent, not the entire region. [NLM MeSH hierarchy](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/68008526)" ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Biological and specimen context", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Species; developmental stage; living subject, postmortem specimen or isolated tissue", "why_it_matters": "Determines which anatomical references and functional interpretations are applicable." }, { "name": "Anatomical extent", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Rostral and caudal boundaries relative to named landmarks and a cited atlas or convention", "why_it_matters": "Prevents neighbouring pontine or spinal tissue from being silently included." }, { "name": "Medullary dimensions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Length and diameters in mm; volume in mm³, with segmentation method and uncertainty", "why_it_matters": "Supports assessment of shape and change without assuming a universal normal size." }, { "name": "Internal localization", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Rostrocaudal level; left, 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[ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "condition-and-integrity", "name": "Condition and integrity", "description": "Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition, damage and health", "description": "How the condition of a medulla oblongata is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a medulla oblongata, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the condition of a medulla oblongata, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a medulla oblongata is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "place-and-movement", "name": "Place and movement", "description": "Where a medulla oblongata is, how it got there and where it may go (varies).", "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.", "layers": [ { "id": "location-and-placement", "name": "Location and placement", "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-frame", "name": "Position, container and reference frame", "description": "Where a medulla oblongata is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a medulla 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"stages-and-transitions-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the lifecycle of a medulla oblongata is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "observations-and-status", "name": "Observations and current status", "description": "What is observed about a medulla oblongata, how often and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "observation-record", "name": "Observation record", "description": "How an observation of a medulla oblongata is recorded so that it can be superseded rather than overwritten.", "questions": [ { "id": "observation-record-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes an observation of a medulla oblongata, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about an observation of a medulla oblongata, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "observation-record-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once an observation of a medulla oblongata is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "function-and-principle", "name": "Function and operating principle", "description": "What medulla oblongata is for and how it achieves it.", "rationale": "Two devices with the same name can work on different principles, and the principle is what predicts failure and constrains use.", "layers": [ { "id": "intended-function", "name": "Intended function", "description": "The job it does, and the jobs it is used for anyway.", "findings": [ { "id": "function-record", "name": "Function, principle and variants", "description": "What it does, how, and 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