Olivary body - WikipediaThe 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. Each olivary body is located on the anterior surface of the medulla lateral to the pyramid, from which it is separated by the antero-later
