Olivary body

Olivary body
The medulla, showing the olives lying adjacent to the pyramids.
Animation shows the location of the olives in green.
Details
Part ofMedulla
Identifiers
Latinoliva
MeSHD009847
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.

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