Olivary body | |
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![]() The medulla, showing the olives lying adjacent to the pyramids. | |
![]() Animation shows the location of the olives in green. | |
Details | |
Part of | Medulla |
Identifiers | |
Latin | oliva |
MeSH | D009847 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
The olivary bodies or simply olives (Latin oliva and olivae, singular and plural, respectively) are a pair of prominent oval structures on either side of the medullary pyramids in the medulla, the lower portion of the brainstem. They contain the olivary nuclei.