Omutunsi gw'Obwongo (the brain stem)

Brain stem parts

"Omutunsi gw’Obwongo"(Brain stem) okusinziira ku Charles Muwanga.

"Omutunsi gw’obwongo" gusangibwa wansi emabega ku ntobo y’obwongo era gwe gufuga ebikolwa by’omubiri eby’embagirawo (automatic functions) nga okussa, okukola ku mmere mu lubuto (digestion), enkuba y’omutima, n’akanyigirizi k’omusaayi (blood pressure). Omutunsi gw’obwongo gukwataganya “emiraatira egy’obubaka” (spinal cord) n’obwongo.

Omutunsi gw’obwongo guliko ebitundu bisatu. Bitundu ki bino? 

1) Medulla Wabulongota

2) Ponda (Pons)

3) Amasekkati g’obwongo (Mid-brain)

Ponza

 (Pons) 

Kino kitundu kya mutunsi gwa bwongo (brain stem) ekikwataganya kemisifiiya za mulowooza ne mukwanaganya. Eri waggulu wa medula wobulongota.

Medula wabulongota

      (Medulla oblongota)

Mu mutunsi gw’obwongo, medula wabulongota y’entabiro efuga okussa, akanyigirizi k’omusaayi, n’ekigerageranyo ky’enkuba y’omutima.