How to pronounce “medulla” in English

Implying that the medulla has some important function for emotional behavior.

And inside the brain stem is one area called the medulla.

of the brain, the medulla and the amygdala.

There's this one scene in Waterboy where the professor is talking about how alligators have a large medulla oblongata.

In fact, the inner most part, the medulla, forms at the same time in utero as the brain and the spinal cord.

And if you remember this scene, he says, it's-- they have a large medulla oblongata, that's why alligators are always angry.

Well, part of the answer is that as Carl Sagan pointed out, we share the medulla and the cerebellum with fish.