Oliva (Olive)

The olive is a smooth oval prominence in the upper part of the medulla oblongata, located on both sides of the pyramids between the roots of the vagus and hypoglossal nerves. It consists of a cluster of nerve cells (olive nucleus). The adjective derived from the word “olive” is “olive.”

Olive and its functions Structurally and functionally, the **olive** (olive) is the presence on the **upper part of the oblong bodies of two elongated transversely connected hemispheres**, separated by a thickened dense basement membrane running parallel to the length of the axis of this elongated formation. The sharp end of the **olive hemisphere** is called a tubercle, the concave lower surface is covered with **tuberous branches** of the grooves of the convolutions of three large **syphilis anastomosing vectors** (“wings”), originating from the lateral capal: * pyramidal extracerebral (cranial and caudal) extrapyramidal fibers. * suprapontine (extrapyramidal suprapontine) reticular formation.

Under the olivo-pyramidal tubercle **lie the olive nuclei** - an accumulation of gray matter connected by nerve filaments to the sections of all three vectors + comiscur fibers. The bodies of the bridge themselves are also located in the lateral grooves, but their length is reduced, and dark spots-optic horns are found.