Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.
Bulbar ALS is the type that begins with the facial muscles, speech and swallowing.
Pertaining to the brain stem.
involving the medulla oblongata; "bulbar paralysis"
Bulbar ALS is the type in which onset symptoms are in the facial muscles, speech and swallowing.
Pertaining to the brainstem. Bulbar functions include the maintenance of heart rate and breathing.
The bulbar region of the brain is the brainstem, the nerves coming out of the brainstem are the bulbar nerves and the muscles they innervate are the bulbar musculature. Bulbar functions include eye movements, muscle of facial expression, speaking, and swallowing.
'bulb' of the brain. A discredited term usually meaning medulla oblongata.
Relating to the medulla oblongata which is part of the brain stem.