Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retrotrapezoid nucleus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: retro-trape-zoid nu-cle-us
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thin layer of not very densely packed neurons lying between the facial nucleus and the ventral surface of the medulla, which serves as a CO₂ and H⁺ sensor for regulating breathing.

Inflected Forms

retrotrapezoid nuclei (plural)

Questions

What does retrotrapezoid nucleus mean?: A thin layer of not very densely packed neurons lying between the facial nucleus and the ventral surface of the medulla, which serves as a CO₂ and H⁺ sensor for regulating breathing.

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