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Reticular formation, an Uncommon card
The reticular formation is a set of interconnected nuclei in the brainstem that spans from the lower end of the medulla oblongata to the upper end of the midbrain.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 159
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 53,000
Power 159 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Reticular formation quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Reticular formation card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The neurons of the reticular formation make up a complex set of neural networks in the core of the ______.
Answer
brainstem. The neurons of the reticular formation make up a complex set of neural networks in the core of the brainstem. From the Reticular formation article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Hipparchus. Hipparchus 84 · Reticular formation 79 · Johnny Isakson 76 · Centaurus A 72 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Santiago Ramón y Cajal 68,000 · Reticular formation 53,000 · Smoke grenade 41,000 · Ecosystem collapse 14,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The neurons of the reticular formation make up a complex set of neural networks in the core of the brainstem.
- The reticular formation is made up of a diffuse net-like formation of reticular nuclei which is not well-defined.
- It may be seen as being made up of all the interspersed cells in the brainstem between the more compact and named structures.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Reticular formation article was read about 53,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Reticular formation (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Henry Vandyke Carter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
